Than Phraphuttharup Yuen Wat Mahathat Mueang Lop Buri

Name other

L.B. 5

Script

Post-Pallava

Date

13th-14th Buddhist century

Language

Sanskrit

Face/Line

1 face ; contains 2 lines of writing

Material

gray limestone

Form

standing Buddha image base

Size

50 cm. width ; 20 cm. height

Found at

Wat Phra Si Rattana Mahathat, Tha Hin Locality, Mueang District, Lop Buri Province

Exhibited

Somdet Phra Narai National Museum, Tha Hin Locality, Mueang District, Lop Buri Province

Description

The writing reads that the ruler of the Tangkhura people named “Arachava”, who was the son of the king of Samphuka, had ordered the construction of this Buddha image.

Reference

Edited by : The Inscriptions in Thailand Database Project Staffs (2553 B.E.), SAC, from :
1) Georges Coedes, “16nd Plate, <style type="text/css"><!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> </style> Than Phraphuttharup Yuen Wat Mahathat Mueang Lop Buri,” in Recueil des inscriptions du Siam : deuxieme partie : inscriptions de Dvaravati, de Crivijaya et de Lavo ([Phra Nakhon] : The Fine Arts Department, FAD, 2504), 20 (in Thai).
2) Georges Coedes and Cha-em Kaeokhlai, “Than Phraphuttharup Yuen Wat Mahathat Mueang Lop Buri,” in The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529), 229-231 (in Thai).

Illustrations

1) Photograph from : The Inscriptions in Thailand volume 1 : Pallava and Post-Pallava Script, 12th-14th Buddhist century (Bangkok : The National Library of Thailand, NLT, 2529)
2) Rubbing inscription picture from : Department of Oriental Languages, Faculty of Archaeology, Silpakorn University, 2545 (Record Number : CD; INS-TH-19, File Name; LB_005)