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The Lord Buddha’s footprints
Keywords : footprint Buddha, The Emerald pond , The Emerald pond Archaeological site
Site common name | The Emerald pond Archaeological site |
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Type of artwork | Sculpture |
Sub district | Khok Thai |
District | Si Mahosot |
Province | Prachin Buri |
Region | East |
Country | Thailand |
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 13.863026 Long : 101.425002 |
Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 762000.57 N : 1533971.95 |
Place of artwork | The Emerald pond Archaeological site |
History of production | - |
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Production process | Carved on laterite |
Size | The left foot is 1.30 meters wide and 3.50 meters long. The right foot is 1.30 meters wide and 3.30 meters long |
Art | The pair of the Buddha footprints is craved on natural laterite. It is covered by a building. Each foot is curved according to outer line. The toes are not of the same length similar to natural feet. There is a pattern of the wheel of law in the middle of each footprint. Such a pattern conveys the meaning that the Lord Buddha is greater than his earth and universe. Between the two footprints, there is a deep hole. Some scholars believed that this was a hole for an umbrealla. It remains unclear as to what function the cross nook serves. Some scholars thought that it was there to support the umbrealla, while the others thought that it was similar to a crossing “Sawasdika” or a flag with two points |
Key academic information | This Lord Buddha’s footprints are the oldest in Thailand |
Period | Historical Period |
Art period | Dvaravati |
Age | 12th-13th Buddhist century |
Religion | Buddhism |
Religion and belief | Buddhism |
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 | นันทนา ชุติวงศ์, รอยพระพุทธบาทในศิลปะเอเชียใต้และเอเชียอาคเนย์ (กรุงเทพฯ : เมืองโบราณ, 2533. บัณฑิต ลิ่วชัยชาญ และคณะ, การประดิษฐานพระพุทธศาสนาจากลังกาทวีปในดินแดนไทยสมัยวัฒนธรรมทวารวดี. กรุงเทพฯ : กรมศิลปากร, 2553. พีรพน พิสณุพงศ์, รอยพระพุทธบาทที่โบราณสถานสระมรกต (มปท. : หน่วยศิลปากรที่ 5 กองโบราณคดี กรมศิลปากร, 2529. ศักดิ์ชัย สายสิงห์, ศิลปะทวารวดี วัฒนธรรมพุทธศาสนายุคแรกเริ่มในดินแดนไทย. กรุงเทพฯ : เมืองโบราณ, 2547. |