Kok bend

Who holds it

Title

Village headmen of the lower Kok

Since

not known

Born

not known

Confidence

low

Overlord

the phaya of Ngoenyang (likely)

What the town holds

• The rice of the lower Kok

Allies and rivals

Ngoenyang east; Wiang Pa Pao and Fang west.

How things stand that morning

Villages and paddy under Ngoenyang's orbit.

Wealth

Rice.

Threats

• None dated

Communities

Tai villagers.

What the year holds

What happened next, if nothing in play changes it. Each event carries what it depends on and what would stop it.

1. 1262Mangrai founds Chiang Rai on this bend.Depends on: Mangrai's succession at Ngoenyang (1259 or 1261). Stopped by: A different heir, or revolt of the Kok villages.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The campaign board and the later chronicle date.

"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.

On the map: A marker for a site, not a settlement.

Primary sources for Ngoenyang

Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.

• The later Tai, Lao and Mon chronicles of the north, Ratanapanna (Jinakalamali); Bodhiramsi (Chamadevivamsa); anonymous monks and court scribes (the Chamadevivamsa about 1410; the Jinakalamali 1516 to 1528; the Chiang Mai Chronicle in its surviving form 1827; the Nithan Khun Borom 16th to 17th century). There is no text of 1200 for the Mon kingdom of Haripunjaya, the Tai muang of Ngoenyang (Chiang Saen), Chiang Rung, the Yom and Nan valleys, or the Lao middle Mekong.