# K. 183.12. Northern doorpost of western gate of west gopura of Prasat
Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-12

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-12.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-09-26 15:42
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## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the tenth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ qnak· kāmaru sot· pra[mān·] [4+] gh(o) ⟨2⟩ khñuṁ gho kaṁ(v)van· gho
ka(nteṅ·) [4+]vyā⟨3⟩pi gho kaṁp(ur)· [.][.]or· gho ti [4+]t· ⟨4⟩ gho
kan·(lān·) gvāl· kan(·)sa[.][·] […] qna⟨5⟩p· tai kan·(tv)an· tai kaṁpur·
[t](ai) [2+] gh(o) ⟨6⟩ tai kaṁvrau tai chke tai krau [3+]p· ⟨7⟩ tai pit·
so tai kanses· tai [2+] t(ai) ⟨8⟩ phn(o)s· lap· kaṁpit· tai Utpa[la]
kva(n·) [1+] (4) ⟨9⟩ tai bhāva tai kañ·chāy· [2+] so⟨10⟩(t)· kvan· 2 tai
kaṁprvat· kvan· [3+] ka ⟨11⟩ [1+] Ā kvan· 4 tai bhadra tai [3+]
(tva)⟨12⟩n· gvāl· 2 gho kanloñ· [3+]vā⟨13⟩ñ· gho chke gho krau [4+] ⟨14⟩
kṣa gho sneha gho phlū [4+] ⟨15⟩ gho laṅveṅ· gho ka[3+] kaṁ⟨16⟩vrau sot·
gho kaṁpar· [3+] Ī⟨17⟩śānaśiva gho daiva gho [2+] gana ⟨18⟩ kaṁvis· si
nu taiya 7 gho (kan)dai (gvā)l· ⟨19⟩ 2 gho panlas· gvāl· kaṁpi[t·] [2+]
(vra)hma⟨20⟩putra gho pādāgraśiva [s]o[t·] gho pa⟨21⟩vitra gho śivabheda
gho Amr̥ta khvas· ⟨22⟩ gho kaṁpit· gho kandai gho śivabhā⟨23⟩va gho
kaṁbhat· gho dhavala gho chke ⟨24⟩ gho khñuṁ gho kaṁvis· gho kandhiguna
ka⟨25⟩ndhi si nu taiya 10 2 tai kan·tvan· tai paṁna(ṅ)· ⟨26⟩ tai
kante(ṅ)· yvān· tai sārasvati khñuṁ 6 tai ⟨27⟩ 10 5 ⦿ piṇda qnak· ta gi
sruk· kāmaru ⟨28⟩ pramān· Ugra(pura) si 5 gho 100 6 gvāl· ⟨29⟩ 10 6 tai
(60) (10) lap· 10 6 si rat· 4 ⟨30⟩ tai rat· 6 (si) pau 2 tai pau 10 2
⟨31⟩ kvan· ta q(yat·) j(ma)ha 10 gana kamvis· si ⟨32⟩ [nu] tai (7) (gana
kandhi) si [nu] taiya 10 2

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ [4+] ⬦ [gho śūnya] CJ.

⟨3⟩ kaṁp(ur)· [.][.]or· ⬦ kaṁ[4+] KC; kaṁpar (ṅgor) CJ.

⟨4⟩ kan·(lān·) ⬦ Kan[2+] KC; kan lān CJ.

⟨5⟩ kan·(tv)an· ⬦ kan(vv)an KC; kan (Anan) CJ. — ⟨5⟩ [t](ai) [2+] gh(o)
⬦ […] KC; (gho) de[1+](yā) CJ.

⟨6⟩ chke ⬦ (sneṁ) CJ.

⟨8⟩ kva(n·) [1+] ⬦ kva(n·) KC; kva(n·) CJ.

⟨10⟩ kvan· [3+] ⬦ kvan (4) CJ.

⟨17⟩ gho [2+] gana ⬦ gho […] gana KC; gho [2+] [gho] vana CJ.

⟨18⟩ (kan)dai ⬦ [2+] KC; (kand)ai CJ.

⟨19⟩ [2+] ⬦ [gho] CJ.

⟨20⟩ [s]o[t·] gho pa ⬦ neḥ [1+] (gho) CJ.

⟨25⟩ paṁna(ṅ)· ⬦ panU KC; paṁ naṅ CJ.

⟨27⟩ 10 5 ⬦ 10 4 CJ.

⟨29⟩ (60) (10) ⬦ 80 10 CJ.

⟨31⟩ ta q(yat·) j(ma)ha ⬦ ta q(yat) j(m)uha KC; ta mya(ṅ) juha CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–17⟩ People ⟨from the village of⟩ Kāmaru B in the region of […], Gho
Khñuṁ Gho Kaṁvvan, Gho Kanteṅ, […], Gho […], Gho […], Gho […], Gvāl […],
Tai Kanvvan, Tai Kaṁpur, […], Tai Kaṁvrau, Tai Chke, Tai Krau, […], Tai
Pit So, Tai Kanses, Tai […], Tai Phnos, Lap Kaṁpit, Tai Utpala
accompanied by 4 children, Tai Bhāva, Tai Kañchāy, […], another […]
accompanied by 2 children, Tai Kaṁprvat accompanied by […] children, […]
accompanied by 4 children, Tai Bhadra, Tai […], 2 male animal keepers
(gvāl), Gho Kanloñ, […], Gho Chke, Gho Krau, […], Gho Sneha, Gho […],
Gho Laṅveṅ, Gho […], another Gho kaṁvrau, Gho Kaṁpar, […], Gho
Īśānaśiva, Gho Daiva Gho […];

⟨17–18⟩ group of Karpvis consisting of seven male and female laborers;

⟨18–24⟩ Gho […], 2 animal keepers (gvāl), Gho Panlas, Gvāl Kaṁpit, […]
Vrahmaputra, another Gho Pādāgraśiva, Gho Pavitra, Gho Śivabheda, Gho
Amr̥ta Khvas, Gho Kaṁpit, Gho Kandai, Gho Śivabhāva, Gho Kaṁbhat, Gho
Dhavala, Gho Chke, Gho Khñuṁ, Gho Kaṁvis, Gho Kandhi;

⟨24–25⟩ group of Kandhi consisting of 12 male and female laborers;

⟨25–32⟩ Tai Kantvan, Tai Pan-u, Tai Kanteṅ Yvān, Tai Sārasvati; 6 slaves
(khñuṁ), 15 female slaves (tai). Total number of the people from the
village of Kāmaru in the region of Ugrapura: 5 male slaves (si), 106
male slaves (gho), 16 animal keepers (gvāl), 70 female slaves (tai), 16
male slaves (lap), 4 boys at the age of running (si rat), 6 girls at the
age of running (tai rat), 2 baby boys (si pau), 12 baby girls (tai pau),
10 children without names, 7 people from Kamvis, 12 people from Kandhi.

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 123–124) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 144). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 823-N.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 123–124.

[CJ] Jacques, Claude. 2014. Koh Ker: Temples et inscriptions, avec une
étude sur le roi Jayavarman IV et un essai sur l’“esclavage” dans
l’ancien pays khmer. Budapest: The Hungarian Southeast Asian Institute.
Page 144.

### Secondary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1937. Inscriptions du Cambodge, volume I. Collection
de textes et documents sur l’Indochine 3. Hanoi: École française
d’Extrême-Orient. Pages 52–54.