Sap Champa Ancient Town

Sap Champa Inscription 4 (L.B. 22) is in Post-Pallava script in Pali language and dating back to 13th-14th Buddhist century. The dilapidated octagon pillar in stone with a width of 28 cm contains
1 face with 4 lines of writing. The stone was found at Sap Champa Ancient City, Sap Champa Locality, Tha Luang District, Lop Buri Province. Although the heavy dilapidation has caused almost all the inscription to disappear, the remaining 4 lines which are also not in complete sentences allow us to somehow understand that the first line is about "Ye Dhamm Gth", the second is of "Narratives on the Four Noble Truths", the third and the fourth are about "Buddha Udna". These kinds of Dhamma are reminiscent of the "Inscription on Octagon Pillar 1 (Sap Champa)" (L.B. 17) which is inscribed in Pallava language talking about Ye Dhamm Gth, Narratives on the Four Noble Truths, Buddha Udna, and Dhammapda. Therefore, the once complete inscription of this stele could have been similar to that of Inscription on Octagon Pillar 1 (Sap Champa). (Please refer to the content of each of the four Dhammas in "Inscription on Octagon Pillar 1 (Sap Champa)" (L.B. 17)

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