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Votive tablet
Keywords : Buddha Amulet, the twin miracles, Khon Kaen National Museum
| Site common name | Khon Kaen National Museum |
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| Site alternative name | The National Museum Khon Kaen |
| Type of artwork | Sculpture |
| Sub district | Nai Mueang |
| District | Mueang Khon Kaen |
| Province | Khon Kaen |
| Region | Northeast |
| Country | Thailand |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 16.446119 Long : 102.83852 |
| Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 48 Q Hemisphere : N E : 269213.66 N : 1819516.46 |
| Place of artwork | In the exhibition hall |
| History of production | The construction history remains unclear. However, the art characteristics suggest that it might have been built in Dvaravati period. |
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| Production process | molded on clay and then heated. |
| Conservation | Discovered at Nakhon Champasri, Nadun District, Mahasarakham |
| Art | The Lord Buddha is seated in a meditation attitude on a throne. There is one person on each side. The person on the right might be a man and the person on the left might be a woman. At the top, there are five imaginary Lord Buddhas in different postures. There is a person paying respect to the Lord Buddha in the middle. |
| Key academic information | This twin miracle sculpture is a piece of evidence that leads us to believe that a part of the majority of Dvaravati people believed in Theravada because, in the scene, the Lord Buddha performed the miracle under a mango tree. It also reflects the relationship between Buddhism in the central and the northeast. |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Dvaravati |
| Age | 12th -16th centuries BE. |
| Religion | Buddhism |
| Sect | Theravada |
| Religion and belief | Theravada |
| Related artwork | Votive tablet depicting the twin miracles in Dvaravati in the central region. The elements of the votive tablet are the same. It is believed that it was influenced from the votive tablet in the central region. |
| Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
| Date of record creation | 2016-08-19 |
| Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
| Bibliography | รุ่งโรจน์ ธรรมรุ่งเรือง, ทวารวดีในอีสาน. กรุงเทพฯ : มติชน, 2558. ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์, ศิลปะทวารวดี วัฒนธรรมพุทธศาสนายุคแรกเริ่มในดินแดนไทย. กรุงเทพฯ : เมืองโบราณ, 2547. |
