Khao Klang Nok

Site common name	Khao Klang Nok
Type of artwork	Architecture
Sub district	Si Thep
District	Si Thep
Province	Phetchabun
Region	Central
Country	Thailand
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree	Lat : 15.486812 Long : 101.144482
Geographic Coordinates UTM	Zone : 47 P Hemisphere : N E : 730064.44 N : 1713320.83
Place of artwork	In the north of Sri Thep

History of production	The date of creation was uncertain. However, scholars can speculate its dating in the 9^th to 10^th century AD from the style which resembles early Pala Art, early Chola Art and Borobudur.
Conservation	Khao Klang Nok was listed and declared an ancient monument in the Government Gazette, no.80 section 29 on the 26^th March 1963. In the financial year 2008, there is a restoration and development of Khao Klang Nok project, which started in March 2008. The condition of the architecture before the archeological work was a large mound covered by trees and surrounded by ruins. The upper area showed that it was illegally extracted to the inner construction.
Art	Khao Klang Nok is a laterite stupa without plastering and stucco decoration, while its anda was made by bricks. Its large pyramidal platforms are in side-and-edge-increased square plan, when each side has 3 edges and 2 edges at each corner. A staircase of each direction lies upon the principal edge of the side, which is bigger than its sided pair. Pyramidal wires one the platform’s wall show the significant of Dvaravati Art called “Buavalai” or “Kalasha”, which is similar to early Pala Art. Furthurmore, there are 8 vimans or replica prasats on attached to each wall side, which is related to early Chola Art. Upon the top verando stands a stupa made from Dvaravati bricks, which consist of lots of husk. However, the stupa is in bad condition which cannot show more details. The holes around the stupa might show that once there were pillars supporting roof frame which covered the stupa and the veranda.
Key academic information	Khao Klang Nok is the largest Dvaravati stupa which still exists nowadays, which represents the golden age of ancient Sri Thep. Moreover, its character shows influences of other arts, for instance, Pala Art and Chola art, which the local people applied some features and developed into their unique style.
Notice	Khao Klang Nai was not the original name of this ancient monument. It was called by the locals from its appearance as a large mound (Khao), which was believed that the treasure was embedded in the soil (Klang), and its location was outside Sri Thep (Nok).
Period	Historical Period
Art period	Dvaravati
Age	9th – 10th century AD
Religion	Buddhism
Religion and belief	Buddhism

Type of License	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)
Rights	Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre
Date of record creation	2015-10-14
Record creator	Rungroj Thamrungraeng
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