Inscription of Kok Svay Chek K.754

It was discovered at Wat Kok Khpos by Georges Alexandre Trouvé in February 1933. The monks at the pagoda claimed that the stele originated from a mound called Kok Svay Chek, approximately three kilometres to the southwest.

According to Georges Cœdès, this inscription is the earliest example of Pali text in Cambodia. The stele has text on only two sides. Side A contains 20 lines in Pali, while Side B has 31 lines in Khmer. The texts in Khmer and Pali are almost the same contents, but the Khmer text gives little bit more detailed information, especially to provide the names in Sanskrit format.

Noteworthy, it inscribed about a King named Sri Srindravarma who ascended the throne at Yasodharapura in 1296 AD. In 1308 AD, he gifted a village called Sri Srindraratanagrama to Mahathera Sri Srindramaulideva, and ordered the laywoman Sri Maliniratanalakshmi to erect a vihara (monastery) there in 1309 CE, later to install a Buddha statue named Sri Srindramahadeva, and other donations.

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