Wat Mahathat Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat Inscription

Script

Pallava

Date

12th Buddhist century

Language

Old Mon

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 1 line of writing

Material

stone

Form

rectangle

Size

18.5 cm. width ; 84 cm. length

Found at

Wat Mahathat Temple, Nai Mueang Locality, Mueang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Exhibited

Wat Mahathat Temple, Nai Mueang Locality, Mueang District, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province

Description

Both ends of the stele are missing with only the middle section remaining left to read, thus making the content difficult to assess. The inscription can be briefly summarized as discussing either the rules or the method of practicing Dharma.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2552 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Georges Coedes, “28th Plate, The inscription at Wat Mahathat, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province,” in Recueil des inscriptions du Siam : deuxieme partie : inscriptions de Dvaravati, de Crivijaya et de Lavo ([Phra Nakhon] : The Fine Arts Department, FAD, 2504), 49 (in Thai).
2) Kongkaew Veeraprajak and Champa Yueangcharoen, “ <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Wat Maha That Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat Inscription,” Silpakorn 28, 2 (May 2528) : 85-88 (in Thai).
3) Kongkaew Veeraprajak and Champa Yueangcharoen, “ <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Wat Maha That Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat Inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 2 : Pallava and Mon Script, 12th-21th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 38-41 (in Thai).
4) Phongkasem Sondhithai, “Knowledge from Inscription of Wat Maha That, Mueang Nakhon Si Thammarat (N.S. 3),” Mon News 9, 38 (May-June 2546) : 10-12 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-21, File Name; Ns_0300_c)