Phra Chao Suriyawarman Thi 1 Inscription

Name other

K. 991, P.Ch. 10, 99/283/2550

Script

Old Khmer

Date

1551 B.E.

Language

Sanskrit, Khmer

Face/Line

1 face, contains 33 line of writing

Material

stone

Form

Bai Sema

Size

40 cm. width ; 72 cm. height ; 13 cm. thick

Found at

Sa Kaeo Province

Exhibited

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

Description

The inscription mentions the donation of land where a hermitage or hermitages were located and of male or female slaves in line with the royal command from King Suriyavarman 1st. The writing later mentions the scope of the land donated.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project  Staffs (2555 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Georges Coedes, “119th Plate, Khom Inscription in Thailand,” in The collection of inscriptions in Thailand part 4 : the inscriptions found in the north, northeast, east, and central parts of Thailand which are inscribed in letters of the languages of Thai, Khmer, Mon and Pali-Sanskrit (Phra Nakhon : The Committee on the  Publication of Historical Documents, Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, 2513), 225-228 (in Thai).
2) Georges Coedes, “Phra Chao Suriyawarman 1st Inscription,” translated by Mom Chao Suphatthradit Ditsakun and Cham Thongkhamwan, from Stèle de Bô Ika (K. 400) in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 3 : Khom Script, 15th-16th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 148-157 (in Thai).
3) Goerge Cœdès, “Stèle Provenant de la Province de Prachinburi (K. 991),” in Inscriptions du Cambodge vol. VII (Hanoi : Imprimerie d'Extrême - Orient, 1964), 191-193.

Illustrations

Photograph from : The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 3 : Khom Script, 15th – 16th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529)