Chanthabun Inscription

Name other

Inscription de Văt Thong Thuâ, Inscription du Văt Săbāb, K. 502, Ch.B. 3, Ch.B. 4

Script

Pallava

Date

12th Buddhist century

Language

Sanskrit, Khmer

Face/Line

1 face, contains 24 lines of writing

Material

stone

Form

broken parts

Size

Piece 1 : 66 cm. width ; 100 cm. height ; 12 cm. thick Piece 2 : 13 cm. width ; 40 cm. height ; 13 cm. thick

Found at

Wat Thong Thua and Wat Chai Chumphon, Khlong Narai Locality, Mueang Chanthaburi District, Chanthaburi Province

Exhibited

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

Description

This inscription was probably constructed under the commission of Phra Chao Srī-īśānvarman the First (1158-1178 B.E.) who ordered it be installed at a holy place in Mueang District, Chanthaburi province. This is because text on the inscription states “stone inscription chiseled by metal which Phra Chao Srī-īśānvarman royally proffered”, with much of its content listing the many slaves and cattle which he devoted for that particular holy place.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2552 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) George Cœdès, “Etudes Cambodgiennes,” Bulletin de l'École Française d’Éxtrême-Orient XXIV (1924) : 345 - 358.
2) George Cœdès, “Stèle de Văt Čon Èk (K. 426 = Corpus, LVII),” in Inscriptions du Cambodge vol. VII (Hanoi : Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, 1964), 121.
3) R. C. Majumdar, “No. 23 Vat Sabab Inscription of Īśāna-Varman,” in Inscriptions of Kambuja (Calcutta : The Asiatic Society, 1953), 28-29.
4) George Cœdès, “Liste Générale des Inscriptions du Cambodge,” in Inscriptions du Cambodge vol. VIII (Hanoi : Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, 1966), 158-159.
5) Cha-em Kaeokhlai and Bunloet Senanon, “Wat Thong Thua-Wat Chai Chumphon inscription,” Silpakorn 44, 2 (March-April 2541) : 41-54 (in Thai).

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : Silpakorn 44, 2 (March-April, 2541)