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ArchitectureStupa of King Tilokarat
This chedi is a single pointed top castle shaped chedi with two type of base, flat bases and upturned lotus base supporting the ruenthat. It has arches on all four sides, pillas with decorative pattern, roof set, another flat bases and upturned lotus base supporting the bell, throne, cylinders, spire and the top.
ArchitecturePrasat Ku Suantang
Prasat Kusuantang is a group of 3 prasats located on the same laterite base. There is only one stairway in front of the central prasat. These 3 prasats are made of bricks. They all are facing east and they were lined up in a north-south line. The central prasat is larger than the other two prasats. The prasat is in the added corners diagram with the principle corner being the largest. The eastern side of the prasat appears two bases which are assumed to be Banalai.The prasat has been restored. The prasat at the center is in perfect condition. The bottom base is a lotus base made of laterite. Next to it is the whole brick prasat with a porch protruding to the east. Nowadays, the protruding part of the porch has collapsed and only a door frame made of sandstone remains. The layout of the top part up until the peak still exist but not much detail can be seen.The top of the prasats on the side has almost completely collapsed. The northern prasat has a low laterite base. Next to that is a prasat the the whole building was made of bricks. There is an entrance and exit on the east side. Its roof partially collapsed and not much details left to study. The peak of the prasat in the south collapsed more The diagram of each prasat with an added corner pattern was popular during the 16th century B.E. onwards, but from the discovery of the lintel and the decoration of the Naga on the peak determined the age of this prasat that it should be around the 17th century B.E.
ArchitecturePrasat Nong Bua Rai
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.
ArchitecturePrang Ku
Prang Ku is another archaeological site that has the same layout and characteristics as the Arogayasala archaeological site. The evidence that proves that it was built in the 18th century B.E. is the layout with one Principle prang in the middle, one Banalais or repositories for scriptures in the front surrounded by a wall with gopura only in the front. All were built with laterite except the door frame, lintels, and decorative pillars that are sandstone. They are facing east. There is one pond in the north- east of the prang that is still in a perfect condition. The principle prang is a 5 meter square with 12 wooden recess corners. There is a front door at the front with a porch while the other 3 sides are false doors. There is a Buddha image at the center of the prang sitting cross- legged in a meditating position. Both hands of the image are holding a garland. On both left and right sides of the images are the 4-arms Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva and Prachya Paramita. The front has a lintel with possibly the same images but they are very faded. There is also a stone Buddha image sitting cross- legged in a meditating position at the false door on the north. The image is in Dvaravati Arts. It is 1.75 meters high and the lap is 7.5 meters wide. This image was transferred from another place.
SculpturePhra Chao Lantong
This Buddha image is seated in the full-lotus seat on a supine lotus base with large petals and lotus stamens. It displays the Subduing Mara posture. It has a small oval face, small knotted hairs, flaming halo, narrow forehead, little mouth and the groove on the sides with a delicate body and large split ends centipede fang shaped sangha. It was enshrined within Ku Prasart.
SculptureThe Ku Phra Chao Lan Tong
The Ku Phra Chao Lan Tong has a base consisting of two lotus bases overlapping in the Yok Gej plan without Look Kaew Ok Kai. The bottom was added to decorate the Lanna stucco pattern, including flowers, leaves, and animal pictures inserted. Ruen That is a square room with three corners on each side. There is a Yok Gej in two corner arch, and each corner has a decorative pattern. Ruen That has a lotus base at the bottom and a lotus tiara on the top. There is a Phra Chao Lan Tong house inside with f a line angel’s decoration in the arch. Ruen That is a combination of a stacked floor and sloping roofs, which are popular styles in Lanna art.
ArchitecturePrasat Ku Phanna
It consists of the principle prasat in a square shape located in a center of a laterite wall in a rectangular diagram. The top part of the prasat has already collapsed. There is only one entrance and one exit on the east side. The doors on the other sides are false doors. The entrance and exit door was made into a long room with the porch in the front. The southeastern area of the principle prasat only appears the base of Banalai or repositories for scriptures made of laterite in a rectangular diagram. At the center of the east laterite wall appears an arch door or gopura in a cross-shaped square. Outside the wall on the northeastern side, there is a rectangular pond made of laterite as well.
