Place names

Man-mo (蠻莫)

This is the polity of Bhamo which comes to prominence in the MSL record only from the late 16th century. Ruled by a Tai elite, the polity was centred on a place at the confluence of the Irrawaddy and the Da-ying Rivers, near the modern city of Bhamo. Tan Qi-xiang (1982; 76) locates the16th century Man-mo about 50 kilometres to the east of modern Bhamo. For Tai accounts, see Elias (1876; 75-78) and Scott and Hardiman (1900; Part II, Vol. 1, 46-72). For information on further Chinese sources relating to this polity, see Dao Yong-ming (1989; 376-380), Fang Guo-yu (1987; 997-98) and Gong Yin (1985; 228-229 and 1992; 648).