Wat Makok Inscription

Name other

Inscription de Kok Cheng (Ta Praya) (K. 999), P.Ch. 19, K. 999

Script

Old Khmer

Date

16th Buddhist century

Language

Khmer

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 13 lines of writing

Material

brown sandstone

Form

Bai Sema with broken ends

Size

33 cm. width ; 48 cm. height

Found at

Wat Makok Temple, Ban Khok Prek, Thap Sadet Locality (known as Khok Waeng Locality in previous information), Ta Phraya District, Sa Kaeo Province

Exhibited

Kanchanaphisek National Museum, Khlong Ha Locality, Khlong Luang District, Pathum Thani Province

Description

The writing here is the royal command of a king to high ranking officials to have them come to inscribe his royal command at Sādhupāli.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project  Staffs (2555 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Uraisi Warasarin, “Transliteration of inscription from Khok Waeng Locality, Prachin Buri Province,” Silpakorn 16, 4 (November 2515) : 63-67 (in Thai).
2) Uraisi Warasarin, “Wat Makok Inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 3 : Khom Script, 15th-16th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 264-268 (in Thai).
3) Saveros Pou, “Inscription de Kok Cheng (Ta Praya) (K. 999),” in Nouvelles Inscriptions du Cambodge II (Paris : École Française d’Extrême-Orient, 1996), 124-126.

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-02, File Name; PJ_009)