Muang Thaeng or Mường Thèn is a legendary

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locality believed to be associated with modern-day

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in Điện Biên province of Vietnam. In legend, it is the initial settlement of Tai people migrating southward from

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around the time of the

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under their leader

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, who is associated with

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(ruler of Nanzhao from 728 to 748).

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