Phan Hin

Phan Hin Ancient Monument is located in Ban Khok Kwang at Nhong Prong of Si Maha Phot District in Prachin Buri Province. The ruin is large square-shaped and made solely of laterite. It is 15.50 metres wide on each side, and 3.5 metres high, with four porches. It is assumed that the building was a shrine for the Hindu God Vishnu (as a sandstone hand of Vishnu had been found), built during the 7th - 9th centuries in the reign of King Jayavarman I of Chenla (ca. 657-681). Jayavarman I is considered to be the last ruler of a united Chenla Kingdom, the predecessor polity of the Khmer Empire. Clay pottery fragments have been also found. The porch on the north has a trace of what was probably a pillar of a staircase leading to the monument. It is assumed that the building had a wooden roof. The shape of a carved pedestal found in the middle of the ancient remains is similar to a tray or “Phan” in Thai. Therefore, the place has been called "Phan Hin” or stone tray since. [Mixed sources]

Ayutthaya Historical Research