Khao Rang Inscription

Name other

P.Ch. 1, K. 505

Script

Pallava

Date

1182 B.E.

Language

Sanskrit, Khmer

Face/Line

1 face, contains 31 lines of writing

Material

coarse sandstone

Form

Bai Sema

Size

26 cm. width ; 152 cm. length ; 11.5 cm. thick

Found at

Moo 11, Ban Khao Rang, Phan Suek Locality, Aranyaprathet District, Sa Kaeo Province

Exhibited

National Library of Thailand, Wasukri Pier, Sam Sen Road, Wachiraphayaban Subdistrict, Dusit District, Bangkok

Description

The writing says that in 1182 B.E. a government official in the position of Si Nāhv had offered slaves, a garden close by, a gardener, articles suitable for alms, plots of rice fields, and cattle to the Vihāra and had commissioned a man named Vā Kathok to take care of these offerings. Later, the incumbent Si Nahv also offered slaves and a garden nearby to the Vihāra in keeping with a tradition held by people in his position.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2552 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Cha-em Kaeokhlai and Bunloet Senanon, “The Khao Noi Inscription,” in Prasat Khao Noi, Prachin Buri province (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 115-121 (in Thai).
2) Georges Coedes, “119th Plate, Khom Inscription in Thailand,” in The collection of inscriptions in Thailand part 4 : inscriptions found at Northern, Northeastern, Eastern and Middle in Thailand which inscribed in Thai, Khom, Mon, Pali-Sanskrit script and language (Phra Nakhon : The Committee on the Publication of Historical Documents, Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, 2513), 225-228 (in Thai).
3) Goerge Cœdès, “Groupe des Inscriptions des Collines de la Région d’Arãn (K. 505-507),” in Inscriptions du Cambodge vol. V (Hanoi : Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, 1953), 23-24.
4) Georges Coedes, “The Khao Rang inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Budd5hist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 35-39 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-02, File Name; PJ_001)