Hin Khon Inscription 2

Script

Post-Pallava

Date

13th-14th Buddhist century

Language

Sanskrit, Khmer

Face/Line

3 faces ; contains 46 lines of writing, face 1 contains 13 lines, face 2 contains 18 lines, and face 3 contain 15 lines

Material

stone

Form

rectangle pillar

Size

32 cm. width ; 80 cm. height

Found at

Ban Hin Khon (unknown as to where it is today), Pak Thong Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Exhibited

Ban Hin Khon (unknown as to where it is today), Pak Thong Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province

Description

The inscription mentions the construction of things which the royal monk Upādhyāya offered to the temple to make merit that would lead him to the land of Lord Buddha. This stele is related to Hin Khon Inscription 1 (N.M. 28).

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2553 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) G. Cœdès, “Piliers de Hĭn K‘ôn (K. 388, 389),” in Inscriptions du Cambodge vol. VI (Hanoi : Imprimerie d'Extrême-Orient, 1954), 73-79.
2) Georges Coedes, “Hin Khon Inscription 2,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 263-266 (in Thai).
3) Georges Coedes, “121th-122th Plate, 2 inscriptions at Hin Khon, Pak Thong Chai District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province,” 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in letters of the languages of Thai, Khmer, Mon and Pali-Sanskrit (Phra Nakhon : The Committee on the Publication of Historical Documents, Office of the Prime Minister, OPM, 2513), 241-252 (in Thai).