Muang La

Who holds it

Title

Chao of Muang La

Since

not known

Born

not known

Family

None named.

Confidence

low

Overlord

the lord of Chiang Rung

What the town holds

• The Mengla basin
• The road south-east

Allies and rivals

Chiang Rung (overlord); the Nam Ou muang south-east (Khmer and Lao).

How things stand that morning

A basin muang under Chiang Rung; no dated event.

Wealth

Rice and tea.

Threats

• None dated

Communities

Tai Lue and hill peoples.

Where the sources disagree

• Board (muang-la-mengla): "contested". Nothing I could read shows a rival claim; kept as held by Chiang Rung with low confidence.

Evidence: Late chronicle tradition and Ming records.

On the map: A point; the basin is in the lord record.

Primary sources for Chiang Rung

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.