Non Sang Inscription

Script

Post-Pallava

Date

1432 B.E.

Language

Sanskrit

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 16 lines of writing

Material

red sandstone

Form

Bai Sema

Size

64 cm. width ; 46 cm. height ; 36 cm. thick

Found at

Ban Bueng Kae, Bueng Kae Locality, Maha Chai Chana District, Yasothon Province

Exhibited

Akhan Thawan Chao Pu Non Sang, Village No.2 Ban Bueng Kae, Bueng Kae Locality, Maha Chana Chai District, Yasothon Province

Description

The writing mentions King Somāditaya as a son born to King Indravarman in the year 811 of the Śaka era. He made merit for his father by offering such things as jewels and a forest to Śākyamunī Buddha.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2553 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Cha-em Kaeokhlai, “Non Sang Inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 3 : Khom Script, 15th-16th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 30-35 (in Thai).
2) Cha-em Kaeokhlai, “Non Sang Inscription which using post-Pallava script, Sanskrit language, 16th-17th Buddhist century,” Silpakorn 27, 5 (November 2526), 70-75 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-01, File Name; YS_001)