Prasat Nong Bua Rai

Artwork alternative name	Kuti Ruesi Nong Bua Rai
Site common name	Kuti Ruesi Nong Bua Rai
Site alternative name	Prasat Nong Bua Rai
Type of artwork	Architecture
Village	Moo 7 Ban Na Kho Phanom Rung
Sub district	Chorakhe Mak
District	Prakhon Chai
Province	Buri Ram
Region	Northeast
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 14.531896 Long : 102.963329
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 48 P Hemisphere : N E : 280386.78 N : 1607490.44
Place of artwork	At the center of a rectangular diagram facing east.

History of production	It is assumed to be a chapel of Arogayasala built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII.
Production process	Laterite
Art	It consists of the principle prasat with an entrance facing east. The entrance is with a porch with one window porthole on each side of the porch. The top of the prasat has 4 layers with a decorative square. On the northeastern side, there is a Banalai or a repositorie for scriptures facing the principle prasat. In front of the principle prasat is a cross-shaped walkway extended until the gopura. In front of the president's castle there is a cross path that leads all the way to Gopura. All of these are surrounded by an inner wall. Around the nearby area, a piece of a gable was found with an image of the 4-arms Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva in a standing position. On the northeastern side, outside the inner wall is a pond in a rectangular diagram. This layout and construction patterns, such as the castle with porches and window porthole on both sides, can be found at other archaeological sites such as at Ku Santarat. Mahasarakham province or at Prasat Ta Muan Tot, Surin province, etc.
Key academic information	One of many chapels of Arogayasala built during the reign of King Jayavarman VII.
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Lopburi, Bayon
Age	18th century B.E.
Sect	Mahayana
Religion and belief	Mahayana Buddhism
Related artwork	Prasat Prang Ku, Chaiyaphum Prasat Ta Muan Tot, Surin Ku Santarat. Mahasarakham

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2016-05-27
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
Bibliography	สิวิกา ประกอบสันติสุข. การศึกษาศิลปะเขมรแบบบายนในภาคตะวันออกเฉียงเหนือของประเทศไทย. วิทยานิพนธ์ปริญญาศิลปศาสตรมหาบัณฑิต สาขาโบราณคดีสมัยประวัติศาสตร์ ภาควิชาโบราณคดี บัณฑิตวิทยาลัย มหาวิทยาลัยศิลปากร, 2531. สุริยวุฒิ สุขสวัสดิ์, ม.ร.ว. บรรณาธิการ. ปราสาทหินและทับหลัง. กรุงเทพฯ : โครงสืบสานมรดกและวัฒนธรรมไทย, 2542.