- Area: Siem Reap Province > Chi Kraeng District > Chi Kraeng Commune > Beng Village
- | Type: Ancient Remains & Temples
Location of an ancient temple site that is reported to have once featured 5 brick temples.
Inscription
- K 167 – 4 lines of Sanskrit and 13 lines of Khmer – IC VI, p. 212
PIEDROIT DE PRASAT BEN NORTH (K. 167)
The southern tower of the western row of Prását Běň Nord, a monument in the vicinity of Čikrèn (province of Kompon Thom) ignored by AYMONIER, bears an inscription engraved on its southern jamb, which was stamped by L. DE LAJONQUIÈRE and more recently by G. TROUVÉ.
It is a 20-line inscription in beautiful 10th-century script. The first four are in Sanskrit and give, after a erased year, the various astronomical elements of a date in a kokalika meter stanza.
The following 16 lines are so worn that L. DE LAJONQUIERE had not even recognized their existence. Lines 11 to 14 at least are in Khmer. Lines 15 to 20 are in Sanskrit and form 3 çloka which must contain imprecations, to judge by the meager vestiges that remain.
Inscriptions du Cambodge VI, George Coedes
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Site Info
- Site Name: Beng Cheung (Pr.) Khmer Name: បា្រសាទបេង(ជើង)
- Reference ID: HA11578 | Last Update: July 17th, 2021
- Tags/Group: pr, Temples
- Location: Siem Reap Province > Chi Kraeng District > Chi Kraeng Commune > Beng Village
- MoCFA ID: 291
- IK Number: 198
- Inscription Number/s: K. 167
