# K. 183.30. Northern side of pillar 3 of northern portico of west
gopura of Prasat Kracap, 850 Śaka

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00183-30

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00183-30.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⟩ […] ⟨2⟩ […] ⟨3⟩ […] kh[ñ]uṁ gho […] vraḥ ⟨4⟩ […] gh[o] kaṁbhū gho
pa[n]dan(·) gh[o] śakti[bhā]⟨5⟩va gho vrahma gho […] (g)vāl· ⟨6⟩ […]la
[3+] gvāl· […] gvāl· (k)aṁ(pa)⟨7⟩ñ· gvāl· Ā(jya) gvāl· […] pau ⟨8⟩ 2 tai
pandan(·) tai […] ⟨9⟩ tai vraḥ (ni)śīya tai […] [ga]⟨10⟩ndha tai kaṁvau
tai […] ⟨11⟩ […] (t)ai pau 1 lap· […] ⟨12⟩ […] [pi]nda gho 10 3 (g)vāl·
[…] ⟨13⟩ […] (la)p· 1 tai rat· 2 si pau ⟨14⟩ 2 tai pau 1 phsaṁ 30 10 6 ⦿
sruk(·) ⟨15⟩ (kaṁ)pāy· si thkan· gho khmau gho v[raḥ] ⟨16⟩ gho thleṁ gho
kanran· gvāl· kañja[ṅ·] ⟨17⟩ tai kaṁpit· tai kandeṅ· tai phnos· ⟨18⟩ tai
cancān· tai kan·Ak· tai thgan· si (ra)⟨19⟩t· 2 tai j(v)i(k·) si rat· (1)
lap· […] ⟨20⟩ […] 2 pinda gho (5) [gvā]l· 1 tai 7 ⟨21⟩ [la]p· […] ⟨22⟩
(1) ◦ sruk(·) pa[…] gho ⟨23⟩ kaṁpit· [gh]o […] ⟨24⟩ […]

## Apparatus

⟨3⟩ […] vraḥ ⬦ […] (tai) va(nde) CJ.

⟨4⟩ gho pa[n]dan(·) ⬦ (tai pandan) CJ. — ⟨4⟩ śakti[bhā] ⬦ śi(sa) CJ.

⟨5⟩ va ⬦ gra CJ. — ⟨5⟩ gho […] (g)vāl· ⬦ tai (vrā)[2+] (gvā)l CJ.

⟨6⟩ […]la ⬦ (gvāl) CJ. — ⟨6⟩ [3+] ⬦ (saṅ)kā CJ. — ⟨6⟩ (k)aṁ(pa) ⬦ saṁ(A)
KC; kaṁ (Ana) CJ.

⟨7⟩ ñ· ⬦ p KC; ñ CJ.

⟨9⟩ (ni)śīya ⬦ nidhiya CJ.

⟨10⟩ kaṁvau ⬦ kaṁ vai CJ. — ⟨10⟩ tai […] ⬦ tai dhīn[.]iya […] CJ.

⟨11⟩ lap· […] ⬦ lap kaṁ (v)ai CJ.

⟨12⟩ 10 3 ⬦ 10 2 CJ.

⟨15⟩ v[raḥ] ⬦ (śri) CJ.

⟨16⟩ kanran· ⬦ kanraṅ CJ. — ⟨16⟩ kañja[ṅ·] ⬦ kañja CJ.

⟨18⟩ cancān· ⬦ candān CJ. — ⟨18⟩ thgan· ⬦ thgun CJ.

⟨19⟩ […] ⬦ (si po) 3 CJ.

⟨20⟩ (5) ⬦ (4) CJ.

⟨21⟩ [la]p· […] ⬦ [2+] (si rat)(3) [si po 3 tai po 2] […] [phsaṁ] CJ.

⟨22⟩ (1) ⭘ ⬦ (20) ⭘ CJ.

⟨24⟩ […] ⬦ (gan)[.](oṅ gho) […] CJ.

## Translation by Chhom 2011

⟨1–14⟩ (Ruined). ⟨Gho⟩ Khñurṁ, Gho […], ⟨Gho⟩ Vraḥ […], Gho Kaṁbhū, Gho
Pandan, Gho Śaktibhāva, Gho Vrahma, Gho […], Gvāl […], Gvāl […], Gvāl
Saṁ-ap, Gvāl Ājya, Gvāl […] with two babies, Tai Pandan, Tai […], Tai
Vraḥ Niśīya, Tai […], ⟨Tai⟩ Gandha, Tai Kaṁvau, Tai […] with a baby, Lap
[…]. Total: thirteen male slaves (gho), […] animal keepers (gvāl), […] a
male slave (lap), two boys (tai rat), two baby boys (si pau), a baby
girl (tai pau); grand total 36.

⟨14–22⟩ Village of Kaṁpāy: Si Thkan, Gho Khmau, Gho Vraḥ, Gho Thleṁ, Gho
Kanran, Gvāl Kañjaṅ, Tai Kaṁpit, Tai Kandeṅ, Tai Phnos, Tai Cancān, Tai
Kan-ak, Tai Thgan with two sons (si rat), Tai Jvik with a boy (si rat),
Lap […] with two ⟨children⟩; total: 5 male slaves (gho), an animal
keeper (gvāl), seven female slaves (tai), […] male slaves (lap) […].

⟨22–24⟩ Village of […], Gho Kaṁpit, Gho […], (Ruined).

## Bibliography

First edited by Kunthea Chhom (2011, pp. 195–196) with English
translation. Re-edited in French by Claude Jacques without translation
(2014, p. 218). Re-edited again in French by Eric Bourdonneau et al.
(nd, unpublished). Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO
estampage n. 832-N.

### Primary

[KC] Chhom, Kunthea. 2011. Inscriptions of Koh Ker I. Budapest:
Hungarian Southeast Asian Research Institute. Pages 195–196.

[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 218.

### 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.