Muang Phalan

Muang Phalan lies in the Savannakhet country east of the Mekong, amid forests and tributaries of the Xe Bang Hieng. Its people lived between the river plain and the mountains farther east. During the Siamese–Vietnamese war of 1833–34, Siamese forces attacked Phuan and Phu Thai communities in the region, including Muang Phalan. The fighting brought the rivalry of the two larger kingdoms into these inland settlements.