Nyarong

Nyarong was an agricultural valley on the middle Yalong River in eastern Kham, divided among competing tribes. Tradition traced a chiefly line to the monk Sherap Gyeltsen, who received a seal from Kublai Khan in 1253.

The Qing established Nyarong tusi commissions in 1728 and 1745. When the Lower chief Bangön defied the court, he feigned death and fled during a campaign in 1746. The Qing claimed victory, but local headmen retained effective control of the isolated valley.