# K. 67. Inscription on Balang of Kralanh Thom, 10th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00067

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00067.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-17 01:54
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century.

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## Edition

⟨Item A: Face A⟩ ⟨A1⟩ [6+] pandita[…] ⟨A2⟩ […] rājendra panlas sabhāpati
nā do sruk(·) y[4+] • vraḥ kamrateṅ· ⟨A3⟩ [5+] vraḥ kudaṇḍa
guṇa[doṣadarśi] vraḥ kamrateṅ· ⟨Añ·⟩ śrīmahendrapandita guṇadoṣadarśi nā
do sruk· viṣṇupura • vraḥ ka⟨A4⟩[mrateṅ· Añ·] […] viṇi[2+] • vraḥ
kamrateṅ· Añ· rudro svat· vraḥ dharmmaśāstra nā do • vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ·
śrībhūpatī⟨A5⟩ndrapandita sabhā[pati] […] vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ
śrīlaksmī[pa]- ⟨A6⟩ tīndra […] [vraḥ] kamrateṅ· Añ· śrīvr̥⟨A7⟩[…] sruk(·)
phalapriya ⟨A8⟩ […] vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ· ⟨A9⟩ […] ⟨A10⟩ […] sruk(·) [3+]
[.]ai [6+] śrī [6+] Āy(·) [7+]

⟨Item B: Face B⟩ ⟨B1⟩ pūrvva sruk(·) kra[1+]ḥ • vraḥ kamrateṅ Añ […]
⟨B2⟩ steṅ· śrīrājavallabha raṅvāṅ· nā trīṇi sruk(·) mūla • kaṁsteṅ·
śrīvīravarmma [2+] [sabhāpa]⟨B3⟩ti stuk kaṁvis· • […] [vraḥ kamra]teṅ·
Añ· śrīmahendravallabha sruk(·) phalapriya ⟨B4⟩ vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ·
śrīnarendrādhipativarmma […] vraḥ sabhā ⟨B5⟩ sabhyādhikāra[…] ⟨B6⟩ […]

⟨Item C: Face C⟩ ⟨C1⟩ do pre sabhya[…] ⟨C2⟩ p[.] v[.] chol· vraḥ
kaṁsteṅ· yurkoy· nu vraḥ steṅ· [vra]ḥ kudanda guṇa[doṣadarśi] […] ⟨C3⟩
[cho]l· vraḥ kaṁsteṅ· vikrānta dau (śodha) • man· sru[k· sa]ṅke pūrvva
nai mratāñ· śrīpr̥thivīnarendra […] kathā vraḥ ⟨C4⟩ [7+] vraḥ kaṁsteṅ·
vraḥ kudanda guṇa[do]ṣa nu gati ta roḥh(·) neḥ man vraḥ sabhā [9+]
[sa]ṅke pūrvva nā [1+] ⟨C5⟩ […] [mratāñ· śrīpr̥thi]vīnarendra dār(·)
prasāda ta vraḥ pāda para[meśvara] [6+] stac(·) dau paramaśiva⟨C6⟩[pada
vraḥ kamrateṅ· Añ· śrīnarendrā]dhipativarmma […] dār(·) prasāda sot(·)

⟨Item D: Face D⟩ ⟨D1⟩ […] ⟨D2⟩ […] [vra]ḥ kamrateṅ· Añ· vraḥ cau kathā
man· khñuṁ dai paṅgaṁ thp[vaṅ·] ⟨D3⟩ […] uthama[…]na • man· vraḥ
kamrateṅ· ⟨Añ·⟩ śrīsamarendra ⟨D4⟩ [6+] dvāra nivāsa paṅgaṁ thpvaṅ·
nivedana thvāy(·) cāre ta [11+] pre pr̥ṣṭha ⟨D5⟩ [2+] pratya [4+] y pre
[2+]k· las· [2+] vvaṁ Āc ti [3+] ley· [13+] viśru ⟨D6⟩ […]śasa ⟨D7⟩ […]
śrī [2+] ⟨D8⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨A3⟩ kamrateṅ· ⟨Añ·⟩ ⬦ kamrateṅ· Añ· GC.

⟨C3⟩ [cho]l· • Hypothetical restitution.

⟨C4⟩ [sa]ṅke • Hypothetical restitution.

⟨D3⟩ kamrateṅ· ⟨Añ·⟩ ⬦ kamrateṅ· Añ· GC.

⟨D4⟩ dvāra • Doubtful reading.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1964, pp. 23–25) without translation;
re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on the estampage EFEO n. 957.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1964. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume VII.
Collection de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3.7. Hanoi, Paris:
École française d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 23–25.