The narrowest ground in Southeast Asia: low country between the head of boat water on the Pakchan river and the Gulf of Siam, about forty-four kilometres by the campaign board's figure.
Cargo comes up the Pakchan, is carried across, and goes down the Chumphon river to the gulf, which saves a ship the long beat round the whole peninsula. No power holds the crossing on 1 January 1200 and none is recorded holding it; it works because carriers and their beasts live along it (board).
Who holds it
- Title
- Lord or headman of The Kra crossing
- Since
- not known
- Born
- not known
- Family
- not known
- Confidence
- low
Lord in 1200
not known: no source names a lord, governor or headman for 1 January 1200
How things stand that morning
No lord, governor or garrison is named by any source for 1 January 1200. Treat as a landing or settlement on the route whose overlord, if any, is not known.
Where the sources disagree
- The gazetteer places 'Kra Buri' in Myanmar; the campaign board's point (10.4, 98.796) is on the Thai bank and is used here.
Evidence: Thin: from the campaign board's inference, archaeology and later sources; nothing dated 1 January 1200 names it.
"The campaign board" is OMNIA's working map. These notes record where its earlier claims were checked against the sources.
Sources and studies
- OMNIA board note (a lead only, checked against the sources above)
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.