# K. 183.13. Southern doorpost of western gate of western gopura of
Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-13

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-13.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⟩ qna[k·] […] sra⟨2⟩[ṅ]e […] vatī tai ⟨3⟩ ka[…]vatī tai ⟨4⟩ ru[ci]
[…]k· tai kaṁ⟨5⟩[v]r[au] […] [k]van· kva⟨6⟩n· […] tai kaṇ·⟨7⟩[.]e […]
sot· tai ⟨8⟩ thka[p·] […] tai kantvan· ⟨9⟩ [t]ai […] kan·he⟨10⟩(y·) […]
[gho] kaṁvai gho ⟨11⟩ […] gho kaṇde⟨12⟩[ya] […] gho śaṅka⟨13⟩ra […] gho
(can)yān· tai ⟨14⟩ ta […] kaṁpr[va]t(·) tai kanta⟨15⟩m· […] kan·(Ak·)
gho prā⟨16⟩ṇa […] gho sadāśānti gho ⟨17⟩ [ya] […] kaṁpit(·) gho
kan·A⟨18⟩k· […] sot· gho kan·In· ⟨19⟩ […] [gho] kanren· gho ha⟨20⟩ri […]
bhāva gho thlem(·) ⟨21⟩ gho […] gho kanrau gho khna⟨22⟩k· (gho) […] sot·
gho mahendra ⟨23⟩ bhā(va) […] (tai) […] tai kaṁprvat· ⟨24⟩ sot(·) […]
[tai] phnos· tai kan·taṅ· ⟨25⟩ tai panla[s·] […] (tai) kaṁpit· tai Amr̥ta
⟨26⟩ tai taṁ[…]ddhi tai sra⟨27⟩c· ta [vraḥ] […] qnak ta gi sru⟨28⟩k·
krva[.] […] si 7 gho ⟨29⟩ 100 10 gvā[l·] […] si rat· ⟨30⟩ 10 si pau […]
⟨31⟩ qyat· jma[ha] […] ⟨32⟩ ta lvan· […]

## Apparatus

⟨1⟩ […] ⬦ [kāmaru pramāṇa qugrapura] […] (tai) CJ.

⟨2⟩ […] vatī ⬦ […] nāvatī CJ.

⟨4⟩ ru[ci] ⬦ ru(ṅ) CJ.

⟨5⟩ [v]r[au] ⬦ (sre) CJ.

⟨12⟩ […] gho ⬦ (stha) gho CJ.

⟨13⟩ (can)yān· ⬦ (va) nyān CJ.

⟨26⟩ taṁ[…]ddhi ⬦ (kansan) […] [tai] (r̥)ddhi CJ.

⟨28⟩ krva[.] ⬦ krva(s) CJ.

⟨31⟩ jma[ha] ⬦ jma(ḥ) CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–27⟩ People from […] Sraṅe, […], Tai […], Tai Ruci […], Tai Kaṁvrau,
[…] children, […], Tai […], another […], Tai Thkap, […], Tai Kantvan,
Tai […], Gho Kaṁvai, Gho […], Gho Kaṇdeya, […], Gho Śaṅkara, […], Gho
Canyān, Tai […] Kaṁprvata, Tai Kantam […] Kan-ak, Gho Prāṇa, […], Gho
Sadāśānti, Gho […] Kaṁpit, Gho Kan-ak, […], another […], Gho Kan-in,
[…], Gho Kanren, Gho Hari, […] Bhava, Gho Thlem, Gho […], Gho Kanrau,
Gho Khnak, Gho […], another […], Gho Mahendrabhāva, […], another Tai
Kaṁprvat, […], Tai Phnos, Tai Kantaṅ, Tai Panlas, […], Tai Kaṁpit, Tai
Amr̥ta, Tai […], Tai Sraca Ta Vraḥ […];

⟨27–32⟩ People from the village of Krva[…], […] 7 male slaves (si), 110
male slaves (gho), […] animal keepers (gvāl), […], 10 boys at the age of
running [si rat], […] baby boys (si pau), […] without name […]. The lvan
people are […].

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 128–129) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 142). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 823-S.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 128–129.

[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 142.

### 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.