Wat Chongko Inscription

Script

Old Khmer

Date

1551 B.E.

Language

Sanskrit, Khmer

Face/Line

2 faces ; contains 30 lines of writing, face 1 contains 18 lines and face 2, 12 lines

Material

stone

Form

Bai Sema

Found at

Wat Chongko, Ban Noi, Ban Kao Locality, Dan Khun Thot District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Exhibited

Wat Chongko, Ban Noi, Ban Kao Locality, Dan Khun Thot District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Description

The content mentions the royal command by Śrī Jayavīravarmandeva to order officials to measure the land and to erect a stele in homage to Kamrateṅ Jagat Vimāya, to demarcate the boundary of the holy place. He also offered many serfs to the holy place, as their names appeared on the stele.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2555 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Kongkaeo Wiraprachak and Em-on Chaosuan, “The history of Kambuja,” in The collection of Khmer Essence : the compilation of academic articles by Professor Emeritus Uraisri Warasarin (Bangkok : Amarin Printing and Publishing, 2545), 47-98 (in Thai).
2) Kongkaeo Wiraprachak and Em-on Chaosuan, “Wat Chongko Inscription,” Silpakorn 49, 2 (March-April 2549) : 30-35 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Silpakorn 49, 2 (March-April 2549)