Town · Haripunjaya, the Mon kingdom of Lamphun · as at first light, 1 January 1200

Wiang Mano

Another moated town of the Ping plain, of the same family as Wiang Tha Kan and of much the same period (the campaign board).

Its name and coordinates are the campaign board's; the gazetteer has no such place, so the point is approximate.

Who holds it

Title
Lord of the town
Since
not known
Born
not known
Confidence
low

Overlord

the king of Haripunjaya

What the town holds

  • The town and near land

Allies and rivals

Lamphun.

How things stand that morning

A Mon moated town.

Wealth

Rice.

Military

Bank and ditch.

Threats

  • None dated

Communities

Mon.

Walls and castle

Earth bank and moat.

Where the sources disagree

Evidence: The campaign board only; not checked against a Fine Arts survey.

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

On the map: A point; coordinates approximate.

Primary sources for Haripunjaya

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 Glass Palace Chronicle of the Kings of Burma, The Royal Historical Commission of King Bagyidaw (Monywe Sayadaw and others), drawing on U Kala's Maha Yazawin (about 1724) and earlier chronicles (1829 to 1832). The standard Burmese court chronicle, compiled six centuries after 1200 from older chronicles now lost. Read online
  • 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.
  • Epigraphia Birmanica, being lithic and other inscriptions of Burma, Various, edited by Taw Sein Ko, C. Duroiselle and C. O. Blagden (inscriptions of the 11th to 15th centuries; the series ran from 1919 to 1936). The Archaeological Survey of Burma's series of edited inscriptions with full translations. Read online
  • Inscriptions of Pagan, Pinya and Ava; Inscriptions of Burma, Various (the Pagan kings, queens, ministers and donors), edited by Tun Nyein, Taw Sein Ko, G. H. Luce and Pe Maung Tin (inscriptions of the 11th to 14th centuries; editions 1899 and 1933 to 1956). The dedicatory inscriptions of Pagan are the only contemporary texts for the kingdom of Narapatisithu (reigning 1174 to 1211). Read online
  • The Inscriptions of Cambodia, Various (the Khmer kings and their officers), edited by George Coedes (inscriptions of the 6th to 14th centuries; edited 1937 to 1966). The Khmer empire of 1200 is known almost entirely from the great foundation stelae of Jayavarman VII (reigning from 1181), which Coedes edited: the Ta Prohm stele of 1186 (K. Read online

Sources and studies

  1. Wikipedia, Haripunjaya (Mon inscriptions of 1213, 1218 and 1219; chronicle king list and its caveats)

Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.