Ku Maklua Temple

Terrain

General Condition

Ku Maklua Temple is an abandoned ancient site. It is located about 100 meters south of the Ping River line (Ping distance) to the south, within the eastern wall of Wiang Kum Kam. It is about 50 meters from the city wall to the west, 1.5 kilometers from the Ping River to the east. The original condition was an ancient hill covered with large ebony trees.

The current surrounding conditions of the ancient site It is surrounded by villagers' gardens.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Ping River

Geological conditions

It is a river basin area. was deposited with sand and gravel sediments. In the Holocene era

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Archaeological age

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Ku Maklua Temple is an abandoned ancient site. The name of Wat Ku Maklua comes from the villagers who called it successively since the ancient site was originally a hill covered with large ebony trees.

The Fine Arts Department has excavated and studied the ancient monuments of Wat Ku Maklua during the year 1999 – 2000 (Department of Fine Arts 2005 :63 – 64). Found information of ancient monuments and antiquities as follows.

The ancient site of Wat Ku Maklua Planned along the east-west direction, consisting of a viharn located in front of the pagoda on the base of Phaiti. There is also a line of glass walls only on the west side of the temple.

Architectural features

1. Vihara is a temple hall in a rectangular plan. As for the base, the appearance is the base Lifting the front two parts, one back, used as a room for enshrining the principal Buddha image. At the base of the presiding Buddha image, there are traces of construction overlapping in 2 periods. There is a solid brick wall behind the building. The floor of the viharn is paved with two bricks and the upper floor is plastered with lime. There are two stairways leading up to the front of the sanctuary. It is supported by semicircular bricks. and a small stairway to the north at the end of the sanctuary. wooden roof structure Thatched with clay tiles

2. Chedi, only the lower chopping board remains in the square plan. Support the base layer in front of the lift board and the base of the double breasted glass beads

Artifacts found

from the study Important artifacts were found, including many stucco sculptures on the west side of the chedi. Most of them are plant species. Animal-shaped parts (scales) pottery from the Lamphun Kiln. San Kamphaeng stove and the source of the furnace which are found both coated and uncoated including Chinese wares during the Ming Dynasty (1911 – 2187 AD)

In addition, other types of antiques were also found, such as Chinese nails, roof tiles, gold jango sheets, and stucco tablets. Chin and Bronze Buddha Pieces Bronze replica pagodas, earthen clans and animal bone fragments

Determination of age

in a comparative study of architectural features found that the characteristics of the viharn and the pagoda located on the base Found around the 21st century onwards, and when considered together with the ancient artifacts found Therefore, it is assumed that the ancient site of Wat Ku Maklua It should have been built during the 21st - 22nd Buddhist century.