INSCRIPTION OF CHAO PHRAYA BODINDECHA AT WAT PHRA PHUTTHAKHOSACAN IN PHNOM PENH (K.1213)

Abstract

In 2382 B.E. (1829 C.E.), King Rama lll sent Chao Phraya Bodindecha (Sing Singhasenee) and the Thai army to Cambodia. After Chao Phraya Bodindecha had lived in Cambodia and stared a war with Vietnam for many years, he went to Phnom Penh in 2385 B.E. (1842 C.E.). There hesaw the Cambodian monasteries were in ruins; thus he restored Wat Phra Phutthakhosacan in Phnom Penh and also inscribed a Thai inscription in this monastery. This inscription details the document of the restoration of Wat Phra Phutthakhosacan and curses the people who had destroyed it.