Mueang Phrarot, Mueang Si Mahosot

Terrain

General Condition

It is an ancient city surrounded by ditches. It is located on a plain near forest and low mountains in the same valley as Dong Phaya Yen. San Kamphaeng Mountains and the Banthat Mountains There is a Bang Pakong River flowing through the area. It is about 10 kilometers north of the ancient city and about 16 kilometers west of the canal, Lam Phak Corian, flowing through the ancient city to the north. which flows together with Khlong Bang Phluang, which is about 3 kilometers south of the ancient city.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Bang Pakong River, Khlong Lam Phak Chi, Khlong Bang Phluang

Geological conditions

The condition of the ancient city was a sedimentary plain during the Holocene period.

As for geology, Prachinburi Province, which is in the eastern region, consists of the Green Mountain Range - Khao Chompoo. which has Triassic granite as the core of the mountain range. Khun In Mountain Range - Elephant Trunk Mountain and the guinea pig upside down The granite of Carboniferous is the broken axis of the mountain range, positioned in the north-south direction. From Ban Phe to Nong Yai Mountain range in Klaeng District Soi Dao Mountain Range - Khao Makok Which has granite as the core from Khlung District to Pong Nam Ron District and the Sam Ngam-Khao Saming mountain range from Khao Saming District to Pong Nam Ron District.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

The city of Phrarot or the city of Sri Mahosot It is a large ancient city in a rectangular shape with a size of 700X1,550 meters. The city center is located along the northeast - southwest direction. surrounded by ditches Most of the ditches are cut into the soil layer of natural laterite. In the center of the city was a moat dug that connected the north and south moats. Make it look like dividing the city into two parts. Locals call this ditch “arrow ditch”

The name of the city of Phrarot was named after the city in Panyasajataka. Senjataka car story The name of the city of Sri Mahosot It is named after the allegory of the Mahosot. Sri Mahosot City found many ancient sites inside and outside the city. Most of them were built from laterite excavated in the city of Si Mahosot. It is presumed to be a community before the 11th Buddhist century and may be as old as the 6th Buddhist century, with a relationship with the late prehistoric community. These communities have come together to form agricultural villages. Trading, exchanging, and receiving foreign cultures But the city has not yet been built with an embankment and a moat surrounding the community. It may have a relationship with the Funan Kingdom. and have trade contacts Sold with foreign seafarers

Important evidence includes low relief carving and dragon sculpture or some of the octopuses at the edge of the Sa Kaeo archaeological site It resembles a dragon in the Amaravati style of Indian art, which dates from around the 7th-9th Buddhist century, and some makas are similar to those in Gupta Indian art. Which is around the 10th-11th Buddhist century, the Buddha image found in the pond in front of the building, a pair of footprints There are Buddhist characteristics similar to the Buddha images in Funan art, etc.

In addition, polished stone axes were found at many ancient sites and archaeological sites in the city of Si Mahosot. infer that Such communities are likely related to prehistoric communities. Found along the original coastline in the river basin. Bang Pakong, Chonburi Province Which began to be settled about 1,400 - 5,000 years ago, the social and economic conditions were complicated. Up until entering the 6th - 10th Buddhist century, received a culture from outside. enter the historical period develop into a community or a country in the Dvaravati cultural group who lived in the 12th - 16th Buddhist centuries and continued to exist in the 17th - 18th Buddhist centuries with both Brahmanism and Buddhism.

Relevant local legend :The legend of Nakhon Mahosot

Related inscription :inscription on the hill of Sra Bua, inscription of Sa Chaeng channel, inscription on a bronze frame, inscription at the base of the Bodhi tree Wat Ton Pho Sri Maha Pho Jirachada Tripanuwan