Rock inscription at Tham Pet Thong (inscription of Citrasena-Mahendravarman, K. 514), 6th century Śaka

Rock inscription at Tham Pet Thong (inscription of Citrasena-Mahendravarman, K. 514), 6th century Śaka EpiDoc Encoding Kunthea Chhom intellectual authorship of edition Cha-em Kaeokhlai Gerdi Gerschheimer DHARMA Siem Reap DHARMA_INSCIK00514

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Initial encoding of the inscription

pr̥thvīśvarasya nr̥pateḫ pr̥thukīrttike vipra citrasenaḥ yupradhano vica nte

pr̥thvīśvarasya pr̥thavidharasya nr̥pateḫ nr̥pateḥ vipra citrasenaḥ sau pratadhāri sa citrasena yupradhano vica pr̥thanodhicaran· nte nte sau ppa

Du roi seigneur de la terre, à la vaste gloire Citrasena .

The original translation is in Thai language; translated into English by Kunthea Chhom.

His Royal Highness Citrasena vaste glory of the king, the lord of the earth. spreading .

Another inventory number of the inscription provided by Thai institution is B.R.4.

According to Cha-em Kaeokhlai, K. 153 (= B.R.3) is located inside Tham Pet Thong "Cave of Golden Ducks" where as K. 154 (= B.R.4) is located outside the cave. Besides these two inscriptions, there is another inscription on a wall of the cave bearing the inventory number B.R.5. It has two lines which are similar to the text of K. 514.

First edited by Cha-em Kaeokhlai (151-152) with a Thai translation; re-edited here by Gerdi Gerschheimer, making use of the photo EFEOB_est.n1463.jpg.