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Meung Paniead Historic
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Paniead is an ancient community where found archeological
evidences. History from a Khmer inscription which dated back to
800-1000 B.E has it that the area around Paniead Historical Park
was previously where Chantaburi City was located in the early
era. The Khmer consider
the city as an important origin of civilization for Kingdom of
Cambodia and the ruler of the city governed independently.
Paniead also had relations with India , aand that results in the
acquisition of Indian cultures that people adapted to use in
their daily lives. Since the location was where the barks have
to pass by in order to go to trade with China and India, thus
the local people are the Chong and the Khmer. General
Information The area is a slope directing to the low plain
around the Chantaburi River where Lam Narai canal and Sra Barb
canal , which run from Sra Barb mountain, meet with the
Chanthaburi River. These waterways were the important
transportation routes in the past. They also brought fertility
for cultivation and created the appropriate environment for the
building of community which could presumably be a big one
because of the size of the ancient city and the large amount of
found objects coming from various eras. The city plan of
Meung Paniead Historic Park is rectangle with 1,000 meters in
width and 2,00 meters in length. Almost all of the city's wall
and the ditch are leveled down, so they cannot be seen in the
present. What still remains are the levee in the south of the
city which is 3 meters in height and 50 meters in length. For
the levee in the north, some parts of it was formerly cut down
by the construction of Sukhumvit Road. Nowadays, the area inside
the ancient city is the location for houses and farming. In the
east of the city, most of the area is unearthed for orchards and
the lowland in the west lays paddy fields. Next to the east wall
is a basin which is the location of Baan Saladaeng and in the
rainy season, it will become a wide wetland. Evidence Found
1. The 1st Paniead inscription, which is 49 centimeters wide, 47
centimeters long and 16.5 centimeters thick, is made of sand
stone and inscribed with ancient Khmer alphabets, Sanskrit and
Khmer. In the present, it is kept in Vajirayan Royal Libary of
National Library in Bangkok 2. Antiques which are carved
stones in patterns and pictures such as, lunar eclipse, graven
image or Ramasoon, the god of thunder, and fractions of tureens.
In the present, they are kept in Thong Thua Temple. Direction
to Paniead City From Chanthaburi Province's downtown, drive
on Sukhumvit Road ( highway no.3) for approximately 3 kilometers
,then turn right to Muu Baan Paniead (Paniead Village) and Thong
Thua Temple entrance and drive straight ahead for 1 kilometer.
Paniead Historic Park is situated 300 meters south east of Thong
Thua Temple. |
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12.585428 N |
102.145277 E |
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