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SculptureThe lintel from the north of Prasat Khao Noi
It is a rectangular-shaped lintel. The middle is engraved with 4 consecutive curved circles. The confluence of each arc is decorated with an oval pattern. Inside the oval pattern is decorated with an image of an angel on a vehicle. Under the curved lines are engraved patterns of garlands and a bunch of flowers. Next to both curved ends is a dragon facing inward with Its mouth open as if it is blowing out an arc of fire. There is an image of a person sitting above the dragon and the dragon is supported by a square base.
ArchitecturePrasat Kumpanglang
Prasat Kumpanglang is surrounded by a square laterite wall. It is facing east. Inside the laterite wall is the location of four laterite prasats in Khmer Arts. The 3 prasats in the front were arranged in a north-south line. The principle prasat is taller than the other two. This is similar to Prang Sam Yod in Lopburi.The fourth prasat is located behind the principle prasat on the east side. Stucco patterns appear on this prasat. In the front there is a gopura or an entrance. Inside the laterite wall on the eastern area appears a pond. Important artifacts that were found here are the radiant Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, the body part of the 4- arm Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, the body part of a Buddha image Sheltered by a Naga, and the head of Prachya Paramita. The use of laterite as the main material for the construction and the layout of the diagram displays the motto of the Buddhistic Triad. The northern prasat is Prachya Paramita, the central prasat is the Buddha image Sheltered by a Naga, and the southern prasat is Avalokiteshvara; the arrrangement of the idols like this is found in Mahayana Buddhism during the 18th century B.E. in the reign of King Jayavarman VII; therefore, the age of the site can be determined to be contemporary with King Jayavarman VII. The Preah Khan Inscription of Cambodia mentioned Mueang “Srichaiya Watcharapura” (Mueang Phetchaburi) that it was one of the six ancient Mueangs in the Central Region where one of 23 Pra Chaiya Buddha Mahanat had been sent from Mueang Phra Nakhon Luang to be enshrined in Mueang Phetchaburi. When compared to the ancient ruins, it can be confirmed that this Prasat Kumpanglang is the prasat mentioned in the inscription. Prasat Preah Khan is a prasat that is contemporary with King Jayavarman VII as well.
ArchitecturePrasat Ta Muen
The diagram of Prasat Ta Muen is a characteristic of an archaeological site called "Dharamshala or a traveler's lodge" which King Jayavarman VII, around the 18th century, had ordered to build along the important routes throughout the kingdom. The place is a single prasat constructed with laterite and sandstone. The diagram is a square with recessed corners. The front of the prasat is a long room built of laterite. There is a door connected to the prasat on the west. This long room has one wall cut into a row of windows. Other walls were made of false windows. There is one entrance and exit on the east with a sandstone lintel carved into a Buddha image sitting cross-legged in a meditating position.
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.
ArchitecturePrasat Ban Bu
A rectangular building stretching east-west with a front entrance which is facing east. The back is the building of the prasat which is divided into a square-shaped room.As for the construction or the entrance door frame, sandstone with four flower petals were originally used by turning the engraved sandstone on the inward. The reuse of materials of older arts is similar to Prang Hin Daeng at Prasat Hin Phimai. In addition, a large lotus peak joining arts with Bayon was found. This is similar to the gopura’s peak of Prasat Preah Khan in Cambodia. The connected southern walkway has three window portholes and one hole at the porch on the north. The upper part is dense and almost completely ruined. There is a curved roof over the walkway built between the prasat’s building and the porch.
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.
