The Journal of the Siam Society Vol. XLIV, Part 1-2, 1956 - Khamkoo

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sanctuary n[ Sikarcsvara ( Phra Vihar).
About lOkilometres north
east of Am phi) 8nvauuaphum ( Ghangvat Roi Et) is seen an old
red sandstone stela with an almost illegible inscription in Khmer
from tlw XHh century A.D.
Its contents concern a dispute over
some pieees of laml with a list of dignitaries cited as witnesses.
'l'he present Wat 'l'hat in Sakon Nakhon iS really a Khme 1 •
tower whieh the Thni Yt• or Phu Thai settlers some 125 years ago
eonvert,e(l into a Lao thht. An imwription in Khmer mentions the
division of ~~En·taill pieces of laml in tho distric:t of ,Jraleng between
the anthot'K of the inHt:l'iption and lwn local chiefs of the people of
.Traleng awl Vnut• Vinau. '1~hc language seems to be a dialect of
Khm,•t·. This inl'lut•iption may go back to the year 1000 A.D.
In thr~ gi'oat awl impot·tant temple of Nom Van (about 10
kilometres nm·t.lwast of the town of Korat) are four groups of
inscriptions. The first dates back to tho reign of King UdayadityavarnHlll
ll of Oamhodin, and is in Sanskrit and Khmer lmt the
estam page iH almoHt illegible. Professor Ooedes has, therefore,
deferred a translation nntil a better illlpression can be obtained.
'l'he sommcl, of .U lineK in Khmct· and dated 1084 A.D., mentions
King ,Jayaval'!nan VI giving nrtlers to a gronp of dignitaries concet·ning
the upkoup o1' a nevaHt'ama. 'l'he names of these dignitaries
aru known from othot· iusr~riptionH of his reign. The third inscription
payA ltnnwgn to the goc1 Siva, an