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Sthapana Sima Inscription

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Sthapana Sima Inscription

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เวลาที่โพส Posted 13 Feb 2007 13:59:58 ( Updated 16 Jan 2025 23:28:14 )

Name

Sthapana Sima Inscription

Name other

Inscriptions de Văt Si Th’at Prămănch’a (K. 981), Kh.K. 2

Script

Post-Pallava

Date

13th-14th Buddhist century

Language

Sanskrit

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 2 lines of writing

Material

gray sandstone

Form

circular pillar

Size

116 m. length ; 162 m. height ; 53 cm. diameter

Found at

Wat Si That Pramancha, Champi Locality, Si That District, Udon Thani Province

Exhibited

Khon Kaen National Museum, Nai Mueang Locality, Mueang District, Khon Kaen Province

Description

The writing mentions constructing something to offer as a donation which would result in being happy in heaven.

Reference

Edited by : The Insctriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2553 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Cha-em Kaeokhlai, “Sima Constructional Inscription,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 280-283 (in Thai).
2) George Cœdès, “Inscriptions de Văt Si Th’at Prămănch’a (K. 981),” in Inscriptions du Cambodge vol. VII (Hanoi : Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, 1964), 159-160.

Illustrations

Rubbing inscription picture from : The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529)