The town where the Ping road out of the north meets the road west over the Moei to the Mon coast.
The old town is at Ban Tak on the Ping; the modern provincial town (the gazetteer's Tak, 16.87 N, 99.13 E) is about twenty kilometres south-east. Which power held it in 1200 is genuinely unclear; see the lord record.
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or headman of Tak, if any
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Confidence
- low
What the town holds
- The Ping crossing
- The foot of the road west
Allies and rivals
Haripunjaya north; Kamphaeng Phet and Chaliang south.
How things stand that morning
A march with no attested lord.
Wealth
River and road.
Threats
- A Sukhothai push after 1238 or about 1243
Communities
Mon, Karen, Lawa.
Where the sources disagree
- Map ruling (sheet builder, pass 1): the ground at Tak is drawn as contested, as this record says. The Khmer researcher's anchor gives Tak to Haripunjaya; the researcher of the Tai north owns the Ping valley, so the contested reading stands.
Evidence: Legend and later tradition.
On the map: A point; the ground is drawn as contested in the lord record.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.