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Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai
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| Site common name | Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai |
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| Type of artwork | Architecture |
| Sub district | Kamphaeng |
| District | Uthumphon Phisai |
| Province | Si Sa Ket |
| Region | Northeast |
| Country | Thailand |
| Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 15.101761 Long : 104.128154 |
| Geographic Coordinates UTM | Zone : 48 P Hemisphere : N E : 406271.04 N : 1669748.03 |
| Place of artwork | At the center of the diagram facing east. |
| History of production | Built to dedicate to god Shiva. The inscription states that this place was dedicated to Phra Pruettasawara which is one of the names of Lord Shiva. |
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| Production process | The prasat is composed of bricks and sandstone situated on the laterite base |
| Art | The prasat has a crooked balcony surrounded in a square shape. Inside the crooked balcony, there are 6 buildings, three of the principle prasats are located on the same base. At the front there are 2 Banalais in rectangular diagrams, and at the back there is one more prasat which is indented to the south, that makes imbalance to the diagram. The principle prasat was built using both sandstone and bricks as the main materials. The wall of the prasat is usually built with bricks. Sandstone was used with the engraving area such as gables, lintels and decorative pillars at the door frame. Incidentally, the combination of two types of materials in the same building is considered a unique feature of Khmer Arts in Thailand only. Though the patterns found at the Principle prasat of Prasat Sa Kamphaeng Yai were influenced by Nakon Wat Arts, however, the diagram and architecture elements still shows a connection with the old style castle, such as no long Mondop but only a short porch, etc. There is only one prasat situated outside of the diagram of the three principle prasat. Its location is behind the three prasats towards the south. The motto of building this prasat is still unknown. However, it can show the imbalanced construction of Khmer prasats in Thailand. |
| Key academic information | It is a large example of a religious site in Khmer culture that was built around the end of the 16th century - early 17th century |
| Period | Historical Period |
| Art period | Lopburi, Baphuon |
| Age | Late 16th century B.E. – early 17th century B.E. |
| Religion | Brahmanism-Hinduism |
| Sect | Shaivite |
| Religion and belief | Shaivism in Brahminism |
| Related artwork | Prasat Ban Phlong |
| 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 | 2016-06-02 |
| Record creator | Rungroj Thamrungraeng |
