Pram Temple (Srayang – Preah Vihear Province)

Prasat Pram is a group of six temples comprising of an eastern row of three tall square brick temples on a north-south axis, immediately behind which on the western side are two smaller brick temples and the remains of a laterite construction. They are all open to the east.

On the eastern row, the northernmost brick tower is of a slightly different style to the others, perhaps more elongated and perhaps squatter, also featuring inscriptions on its sandstone doorframe. On the rear western row, as mentioned they are much smaller than those in front, and the southernmost featuring niches on its internal walls and the northernmost being a laterite construction with only part of its wall remaining upright.

The inscriptions are registered under K. 180 and K. 704

Map

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Site Info

Historical Inventories of Pram (Pr.)

  • 1900, E. Aymonier, Le Cambodge, Tome I, pg. 419 (Site Name: Prasat Pram Region: Khvao)
  • 1902, E. Lunet de Lajonquière, Inventaire descriptif des monuments du Cambodge, Tome I, pg. 339 (IK #: 251 Site Name: Prasat Pram Region: Promtep, Kompong Thom)
  • 1926, Liste des Monuments Historiques, #: 242 Site: Pr. Pram. - Six brick shrines bearing inscriptions, one completely ruined. Region: Kompong Svay

Pram (Pr.) Inscription References

  • K. 180 - Section: S Lines: 29 Script: Sanskrit Date (Saka): 869 (CJ: 969) Ref: 1913, Coedes, Etudes cambodgiennes. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 13, p. 17
  • K. 180 - Section: N Lines: 33 Script: Sanskrit Date (Saka): 869 (CJ: 969) Ref: 1913, Coedes, Etudes cambodgiennes. In: Bulletin de l'Ecole française d'Extrême-Orient. Tome 13, p. 17
  • K. 704 - Lines: 1 Script: Sanskrit Ref: -
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