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Laos and Myanmar compared
Two sourced records set beside each other — the figures each nation publishes, and the events each chronicle records of the other. Compared, never graded.
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- 42
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- 1
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- 2026-08-10
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Entangled histories
One event in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.
- 1560 CE
Setthathirath moves the capital to Vientiane
Facing Burmese pressure, King Setthathirath transfers his capital from Luang Prabang to Vientiane, brings the Emerald Buddha, and builds the great stupa of That Luang.
Politics & Power · from the Laos chronicle · The Kingdom of Lan Xang · Setthathirat I, Vientiane