Indian Epigraphy: A Guide to the Study of Inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, and the Other Indo-Aryan Languages c9.s2.t7.40

c9.s2.t7.40

Several dozen Sanskrit and Pāli inscriptions dating from about the fifth to sixteenth centuries A.D. have been found in Thailand. Probably the earliest Sanskrit inscription of Thailand is the Srideb inscription (B. Ch. Chhabra, *Expansion of Indo-Aryan Culture*, 70–2), dated paleographically to around the fifth century. In the seventh to twelfth centuries, Sanskrit inscriptions become quite common; see, for example, the Khăn Thevăda and Ban Bụng Kē stele inscriptions (BEFEO 22, 57–60 and 62–4).