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Leeporter
Let's open another thread to share stone scripts found in Suvarnabhumi (Khmer, Thailand, Laos, Burma etc)

Maybe we can find something interesting about Khom Varman who built stone temples in Cambodia and Thailand by reading stone scripts.

There are quite a large database of stone scripts with transcripts here.

http://www.sac.or.th/databases/inscriptions/th/main.php

I myself are particularly interested in the trace of Indian in the south, so let me start with this one found in Ta Gua Pa (Tagola), southern Thailand.



It's written in Tamil language and Tamil alphabets, expected building date is around 7th century.

And this is the translation (not complete) by German (Dr. Hultzsch) in English and Thai.


“The tank, (by) name Çr -(Avani)-N ra am, which was ī ā ņ
dug (near) Na g r by . . . ravarman Gu( a) . . ,(m) n ń ū ņ ā
himself, (is placed under) the protection of the members of
Ma igr man and of the man of the vanguard and of the ņ ā
cultivators”.

สระชื่อศรีอวนินารณัม ซึ่ง................รวรมัน คุณ..............ได้
ขุดเอง ใกล้(เมือง) นงคูร อยู่ในการรักษาของสมาชิกแห่งมณี
ครามแลของกองทัพระวังหน้ากับชาวไร่ชาวนา.........



Do you see that "Varman" word in the script? icon_smile.gif

The link to the record of this stone script is here.
http://www.sac.or.th/databases/inscription...3&id_part=1

This stone script was found on a hill called "Narayana mountain" in Ta Gua Pa.

I believe that it's the same place with the one in this clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJv2sUTngro


LoveIsAllAround
ไปเจอlink นี้ น่าสนใจดี

http://www.dhammachak.net/board/viewtopic....sc&start=15

ขอม = ราชวงศ์ไศเลนทร์ นครศรีธรรมราข+ละโว้ นับถือพุทธ

เขมร = ราชวงศ์กัมพุช วัดภู จำปาสัก ฮินดู
Leeporter
QUOTE (LoveIsAllAround @ Jan 12 2012, 06:58 AM) *
ไปเจอlink นี้ น่าสนใจดี

http://www.dhammachak.net/board/viewtopic....sc&start=15

ขอม = ราชวงศ์ไศเลนทร์ นครศรีธรรมราข+ละโว้ นับถือพุทธ

เขมร = ราชวงศ์กัมพุช วัดภู จำปาสัก ฮินดู


Did you read this?

"เมื่อค้นพบจารึกหลักที่ ๒๓ พ.ศ. ๑๓๑๘ ที่นครไชยา มีข้อความว่า พระเจ้าศรีวิชัย ทรงสร้างปราสาทอิฐ ๓ หลัง คือ เจดีย์ วัดเวียง วัดหลง และเจดีย์วัดแก้ว เพื่อประดิษฐานพระผจญมาร พระโพธิสัตว์ปัทมปาณี และพระโพธิสัตว์วัชรปาณี
.........ศาสตราจารย์เซเดส์ไม่ยอมรับว่านครหลวงศรีวิชัย พุทธศตวรรษที่ ๑๓ อยู่ที่นครไชยา แม้จะค้นพบจารึกหลักที่ ๒๓ และปราสาทอิฐ ๓ หลังที่นครไชยา กลับยืนยันว่า นครหลวงศรีวิชัยอยู่ที่เมืองปาเลมบัง เกาะสุมาตรา เพราะหากยอมรับว่านครไชยาเป็นนครหลวงศรีวิชัย ก็จะขัดแย้งกับทฤษฎีที่ตั้งไว้ว่า ชนชาติสยามเพิ่งอพยพหนีการรุกรานของกุบไลข่าน มาตั้งกรุงสุโขทัย เมื่อ พ.ศ. ๑๗๘๑ "


The French George Cedes refused that Chaiya (Jaya) was the center of Srivijaya and make it Sumatra instead because it contradicts to the theory that Siamese just recently migrated from China.

I am quite sure the word "Siam" covered people of Srivijaya (Suratthani, Nakorn Sridhammarat etc.) or this word even refer to Srivijaya only and the rest are Lavo.

And which language did they speak?

They didn't speak Khmer for sure.

They spoke a dialect of Tai language (Dambro) like I've told you before.

And their spoken language (Tai dialect) is quite different from the one of Ayudhaya or Bangkok.

So, it's not possible that they were taught to speak Tai language by Ayudhya or Sukhothai after 13rd century (if they did, what did they speak before that???)

It means Tai speaking people were all over the land even before 10th century.






LoveIsAllAround
QUOTE (Leeporter @ Jan 12 2012, 08:40 AM) *
Did you read this?

"เมื่อค้นพบจารึกหลักที่ ๒๓ พ.ศ. ๑๓๑๘ ที่นครไชยา มีข้อความว่า พระเจ้าศรีวิชัย ทรงสร้างปราสาทอิฐ ๓ หลัง คือ เจดีย์ วัดเวียง วัดหลง และเจดีย์วัดแก้ว เพื่อประดิษฐานพระผจญมาร พระโพธิสัตว์ปัทมปาณี และพระโพธิสัตว์วัชรปาณี
.........ศาสตราจารย์เซเดส์ไม่ยอมรับว่านครหลวงศรีวิชัย พุทธศตวรรษที่ ๑๓ อยู่ที่นครไชยา แม้จะค้นพบจารึกหลักที่ ๒๓ และปราสาทอิฐ ๓ หลังที่นครไชยา กลับยืนยันว่า นครหลวงศรีวิชัยอยู่ที่เมืองปาเลมบัง เกาะสุมาตรา เพราะหากยอมรับว่านครไชยาเป็นนครหลวงศรีวิชัย ก็จะขัดแย้งกับทฤษฎีที่ตั้งไว้ว่า ชนชาติสยามเพิ่งอพยพหนีการรุกรานของกุบไลข่าน มาตั้งกรุงสุโขทัย เมื่อ พ.ศ. ๑๗๘๑ "


The French George Cedes refused that Chaiya (Jaya) was the center of Srivijaya and make it Sumatra instead because it contradicts to the theory that Siamese just recently migrated from China.

I am quite sure the word "Siam" covered people of Srivijaya (Suratthani, Nakorn Sridhammarat etc.) or this word even refer to Srivijaya only and the rest are Lavo.

And which language did they speak?

They didn't speak Khmer for sure.

They spoke a dialect of Tai language (Dambro) like I've told you before.

And their spoken language (Tai dialect) is quite different from the one of Ayudhaya or Bangkok.

So, it's not possible that they were taught to speak Tai language by Ayudhya or Sukhothai after 13rd century (if they did, what did they speak before that???)

It means Tai speaking people were all over the land even before 10th century.


ขอเขียนเป็นไทยนะ

ผมว่าคนพื้นเมืองนี่น่าจะพูดตระกูลมอญ-ขแมร์ แต่ว่าไม่ไ้ด้หมายถึงเป็น มอญ หรือ เขมร

มีสมาชิกAF นี่เป็นคนมาเลเซีย เขาว่าเขาเป็นคนสยาม ไม่ใช่คนมาเลย์ ในมาเลเซีย รัฐเคดาห์ ไทรบุรี พูดไทยใต้ ญาติทางพ่อเป็นคนนคร เขาบอกว่าเขาเป็นคนสยามพื้นเมือง บรรพบุรุษพูดภาษาตระกูลมอญ-แขมร์ แต่ภายหลังยุคสุโขไท มีคนพูดภาษาตระกูลไทอพยพลงใต้มากขึ้น ทำให้คนพื้นเมืองหันมาพูดภาษาตระกูลไต (ที่ผสมคำมอญ-แขมร์)

คือมันก็เป็นไปได้นะ ถ้าเป็นคนที่อยู่ในเมืองที่มีแต่คนพูดไท เหมือนกับคนจีนในไทย ก็ไม่มีใครพูดจีน

ภาษากับเชื้อชาติเดิมมันเปลี่ยนกันได้ ไทอาหม ตอนนี้ในรัฐอัสสัมก็พูดภาษาตระกูลอินเดีย ไม่ได้พูดไท
กระเหรียงเดิมก็เป็นพวกพูดมอญ-ขแมร์ แต่ตอนนี้ภาษากระเหรียงเป็นภาษาตระกูลธิเบต-พม่า
คนไอริชพูดภาษาอังกฤษ ภาษาไอริชเป็นภาษาที่ไม่มีใครพูดในไอร์แลนด์

โดยส่วนตัวเลยคิดว่า ขอมน่าจะเป็นคนพื้นเมืองพูดมอญ-แขมร์ (เรียกตนเองว่า สยาม) มีอยู่ในไทยภาคกลาง+ภาคใต้+อีสานบางส่วน แต่ตอนหลังโดนกลืนให้พูดไท แต่ยังทิ้งร่องรอยทางภาษา(ขอม)ในภาษาไทย และวัฒนธรรมไทย โดนกลืนจนคนสยามเองก็ลืม ถามหาว่าขอมหายไปไหน ที่แท้ตนเองแหละเป็นขอม+ไท icon_smile.gif

หรือ ขอมเป็นเขมรโบราณ? icon_smile.gif
Leeporter
QUOTE (LoveIsAllAround @ Jan 12 2012, 09:46 AM) *
มีสมาชิกAF นี่เป็นคนมาเลเซีย เขาว่าเขาเป็นคนสยาม ไม่ใช่คนมาเลย์ ในมาเลเซีย รัฐเคดาห์ ไทรบุรี พูดไทยใต้ ญาติทางพ่อเป็นคนนคร เขาบอกว่าเขาเป็นคนสยามพื้นเมือง บรรพบุรุษพูดภาษาตระกูลมอญ-แขมร์ แต่ภายหลังยุคสุโขไท มีคนพูดภาษาตระกูลไทอพยพลงใต้มากขึ้น ทำให้คนพื้นเมืองหันมาพูดภาษาตระกูลไต (ที่ผสมคำมอญ-แขมร์)


How does he know his ancestor spoke Mon-Khmer before switching to Tai? icon_smile.gif

I am a southerner and I've tried to listen to Khmer, Mon, Malay, even Tamil and I didn't feel any common between those languages and southern Thai language.

If you see some common words between southern Thai and Khmer or Mon, it deosn't mean that they spoke Mon-Khmer.

Mon and Khmer may adopted those words from Southern Thai when the Brahman moved from southern thailand to east and north. icon_smile.gif

PS> After many year of Central Thaification, Southerners still find it hard to speak Bangkok language, how easy it is for Sukhothai to whip all the previous language of Nakorn Sridhamarat and changed them to speak Tai without any trace? icon_smile.gif

PeaceMan
QUOTE (LoveIsAllAround @ Jan 12 2012, 09:46 AM) *
ขอเขียนเป็นไทยนะ

ผมว่าคนพื้นเมืองนี่น่าจะพูดตระกูลมอญ-ขแมร์ แต่ว่าไม่ไ้ด้หมายถึงเป็น มอญ หรือ เขมร

มีสมาชิกAF นี่เป็นคนมาเลเซีย เขาว่าเขาเป็นคนสยาม ไม่ใช่คนมาเลย์ ในมาเลเซีย รัฐเคดาห์ ไทรบุรี พูดไทยใต้ ญาติทางพ่อเป็นคนนคร เขาบอกว่าเขาเป็นคนสยามพื้นเมือง บรรพบุรุษพูดภาษาตระกูลมอญ-แขมร์ แต่ภายหลังยุคสุโขไท มีคนพูดภาษาตระกูลไทอพยพลงใต้มากขึ้น ทำให้คนพื้นเมืองหันมาพูดภาษาตระกูลไต (ที่ผสมคำมอญ-แขมร์)

คือมันก็เป็นไปได้นะ ถ้าเป็นคนที่อยู่ในเมืองที่มีแต่คนพูดไท เหมือนกับคนจีนในไทย ก็ไม่มีใครพูดจีน

ภาษากับเชื้อชาติเดิมมันเปลี่ยนกันได้ ไทอาหม ตอนนี้ในรัฐอัสสัมก็พูดภาษาตระกูลอินเดีย ไม่ได้พูดไท
กระเหรียงเดิมก็เป็นพวกพูดมอญ-ขแมร์ แต่ตอนนี้ภาษากระเหรียงเป็นภาษาตระกูลธิเบต-พม่า
คนไอริชพูดภาษาอังกฤษ ภาษาไอริชเป็นภาษาที่ไม่มีใครพูดในไอร์แลนด์

โดยส่วนตัวเลยคิดว่า ขอมน่าจะเป็นคนพื้นเมืองพูดมอญ-แขมร์ (เรียกตนเองว่า สยาม) มีอยู่ในไทยภาคกลาง+ภาคใต้+อีสานบางส่วน แต่ตอนหลังโดนกลืนให้พูดไท แต่ยังทิ้งร่องรอยทางภาษา(ขอม)ในภาษาไทย และวัฒนธรรมไทย โดนกลืนจนคนสยามเองก็ลืม ถามหาว่าขอมหายไปไหน ที่แท้ตนเองแหละเป็นขอม+ไท icon_smile.gif

หรือ ขอมเป็นเขมรโบราณ? icon_smile.gif


you must be talking about "Sonofgunongerai"...Wow I really miss that Siamese brother!!

here some of his piece of mind...

http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?...01179&st=20
LoveIsAllAround
QUOTE (PeaceMan @ Jan 13 2012, 12:41 AM) *
you must be talking about "Sonofgunongerai"...Wow I really miss that Siamese brother!!

here some of his piece of mind...

http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?...01179&st=20


ํYes, It's him! I like his attitude biggthumpup.gif

Thanks for the link too.

LoveIsAllAround
QUOTE (Leeporter @ Jan 12 2012, 10:42 PM) *
How does he know his ancestor spoke Mon-Khmer before switching to Tai? icon_smile.gif

I am a southerner and I've tried to listen to Khmer, Mon, Malay, even Tamil and I didn't feel any common between those languages and southern Thai language.

If you see some common words between southern Thai and Khmer or Mon, it deosn't mean that they spoke Mon-Khmer.

Mon and Khmer may adopted those words from Southern Thai when the Brahman moved from southern thailand to east and north. icon_smile.gif

PS> After many year of Central Thaification, Southerners still find it hard to speak Bangkok language, how easy it is for Sukhothai to whip all the previous language of Nakorn Sridhamarat and changed them to speak Tai without any trace? icon_smile.gif



Like I said before. It's possible for the whole group of people will change their language. Especially if they are minority live in a city (not living like a tribal people). Tai Ahom, now they speak Assamese, Indo-European language. The king, elite people turn to speak Assamese which spoken by religion officers (Bramhins) and the whole common Tai Ahom people change to speak Assamese too.

(Btw, If someone wanna know what Pure Tai language is, it should look at Tai Ahom, becos it's not affected by Buddhism and Hinduism.)

As I know Irish in Ireland speak English, very less of them speak Irish language.

This is what that Siamese guy says.
QUOTE (sonofgunongjerai @ Apr 19 2009, 06:06 AM) *
The City of Ayutthaya and its relation with Native Siamese

This city had fast developed and began to be known as "Siamese City" in the region around and in the West. Its influence reached deep south taking over the role of Sukhothai Empire. Siamese Kingdom in Perak (Gangga Nagara), Johor (Khlang Keo), and Pahang (Indrapura) had close relationship with Sri Ayutthaya. Those three city-states ethnically are of Mon-Khmer stock, not Tai.

Sejarah Melayu or Malay Chronicle (1612 CE) written by Tun Sri Lanang had stated that the city-state of Ganggayu (Khlang Keo) was build by the aborigines of Siam Empire who are the Mon-Khmer people (I would only love to relate this ethnic with Mon people, not Khmer because they are distant people). The city of Khlang Keo was said located at the upstream of Johor River. The city had forts made of black stone and its ruler is Raja Chulan, who is the emperor at that time because all of the kings in the East paying tribute to him". The Siamese Kingdom (Mon-Khmer ethnic) of Gangga Nagara and Khlang Keo was subdued by the King of India sub-continent while Indrapura Kingdom was subdued by Malacca Kingdom (Malays). Although Tun Sri Lanang had failed in stating the date for the sake of historical fact, but he had insist that Khlang Keo or the City-State of Aborigine of Siam still exist when he finished writing the chronicle.

The code of Siam Law called Kot Monthieraban (1360 CE) stated that there is a city-state paying tribute to Siam empire known as Wurawari Kingdom, and it is located in Old Johor or Khlang Keo (Ganggayu). The history sholars had different views concerning the name of the city-state but they are not denying the existance of this native Siamese kingdom in Old Johor.

Native Siamese are not to be confused with Tais. They are Mon-Khmer people and not Malay nor Proto-Malay. This had proved that native Siamese already exist and founding kingdoms in Malayan Peninsula, living in peace and sometimes involved in wars especially with Malacca Kingdom (Malays). There are also other native Siamese kingdoms like Patani, Kelantan, Kedah, Gangga Nagara, and etc whether under the Siam influence or not. They exist before the emergence of Siam empire, and Malacca kingdom.
PeaceMan
QUOTE (LoveIsAllAround @ Jan 13 2012, 01:14 AM) *
ํYes, It's him! I like his attitude biggthumpup.gif

Thanks for the link too.

You're welcome beerchug.gif
Leeporter
QUOTE (LoveIsAllAround @ Jan 13 2012, 02:26 AM) *
Like I said before. It's possible for the whole group of people will change their language. Especially if they are minority live in a city (not living like a tribal people). Tai Ahom, now they speak Assamese, Indo-European language. The king, elite people turn to speak Assamese which spoken by religion officers (Bramhins) and the whole common Tai Ahom people change to speak Assamese too.

(Btw, If someone wanna know what Pure Tai language is, it should look at Tai Ahom, becos it's not affected by Buddhism and Hinduism.)

As I know Irish in Ireland speak English, very less of them speak Irish language.

This is what that Siamese guy says.


That's strange then. I am a southerner and I tried to listen to Khmer, Mon, Tamil, Malay and why I didn't recognize any connection between southern dialect and those languages??? icon_smile.gif

The only word I found in common between southern Thai and Khmer is the word "Ka-dor"

Sukhothai can't be so good that they could eliminate everything and left no trace to the previous language spoken in the south at all!!

What the Malay guy said was from his modern knowledge about the history of Sukhothai/Ayudhaya. I don't think he heard his ancestor speaking Mon/Khmer language himself.


PeaceMan
QUOTE (Leeporter @ Jan 13 2012, 01:50 AM) *
That's strange then. I am a southerner and I tried to listen to Khmer, Mon, Tamil, Malay and why I didn't recognize any connection between southern dialect and those languages??? icon_smile.gif

The only word I found in common between southern Thai and Khmer is the word "Ka-dor"

Sukhothai can't be so good that they could eliminate everything and left no trace to the previous language spoken in the south at all!!

What the Malay guy said was from his modern knowledge about the history of Sukhothai/Ayudhaya. I don't think he heard his ancestor speaking Mon/Khmer language himself.

Ka-dor

Hau-Kabarl

Kabarl-Tmor= หัวหิน embarassedlaugh.gif

I remember "Sonofgunongerai" have listed the words of Native Southerners somewhere...I'll look for his...
LoveIsAllAround
QUOTE (Leeporter @ Jan 13 2012, 02:50 AM) *
That's strange then. I am a southerner and I tried to listen to Khmer, Mon, Tamil, Malay and why I didn't recognize any connection between southern dialect and those languages??? icon_smile.gif

The only word I found in common between southern Thai and Khmer is the word "Ka-dor"

Sukhothai can't be so good that they could eliminate everything and left no trace to the previous language spoken in the south at all!!

What the Malay guy said was from his modern knowledge about the history of Sukhothai/Ayudhaya. I don't think he heard his ancestor speaking Mon/Khmer language himself.


Modern Khmer is dramatically changed from Old Khmer. So you can't familiar with it. /a/ change to /ea/ or sometimes /o/.

Khom word ตำรวจ Tamruat; Khmer is Damrout
Even their name Khmer is now Kh-Mae with silent /r/ ขแม not Khom's Kh-Me-r ขเมร. Some in US, say Kh-Mai. So you can't just listen to moder people's pronunciation.

The trace of native lannguage is already existed in Thai (south) language. It's same like Malay influence in South Thai language.

But please be aware that I didn't say all of South Thai people are of Mon-Khmer ancestors, there must be Tais migration to south too.
LoveIsAllAround
Now i found it.

http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=194533

QUOTE (sonofgunongjerai @ Mar 22 2009, 03:13 AM) *
Swaddee P Nong Trollbuster, am glad to see Thai counterpart taking part here and thanks for your comparison with Central Thai. Those words are used in Paktai dialect in my hometown and state in Northern Malaysia.

Yes, many of words used in Thai had Mon-Khmer origin and Bali-Sanskrit due to Southern Mon-Khmer people contribution in Hindu-Buddhism tradition, not only Khmer. Khmer people had significance contribution in Central Thai and North-East part of Thailand. I just want to clear the wrong perception that Thai belongs only to Tai ethnic and everything in Thailand today is not just simply being stolen from other countries say Myanmar or Cambodia. Tai ethnic just came down South in 12th C AD but Mon-Khmer population still there.

We still maintain our old language in the form of Thai and Malay dialects here. Our Kingdoms down south too had Mon-Khmer population as proven in the language used and that is why Thai language is considered as Austo-Tai language because of Austroasian words in it, while Lao language became separate language. In 12th C AD, after our Chandrabhanu Dharmaraja King of Pathmawong dynasty was killed in Sri Lanka (10th C AD), a new dynasty was set up in Tambralingga (Nakhorn Sri Thammarat). It is called as Sri Thammasok (Sri Dharmashoka). This dynasty was invited by Sri Ayuttaya along with Lavo into the Federation of Siam (Patani Chronicle, 17th C AD).

That is why even I am of Mon-Khmer origin, I am still known as a Siamese and we never steal others civilization, but had experienced earlier Taification during Po Khun Ramkhamhaeng invasion in South (12th C AD). Malay Chronicle of Malaka (Malaysian Southern State today) also had recognize us as native Siamese (the aborigines of Siam Empire/Country). We speak pidgin language of the past, although being aborigines we are highly civilized with Hindu Culture.

Tai language only absorbed many Mon-Khmer words and it is Mon-Khmer people who gave Tai people most of their cultural identity. That is why I always say Paknue Tai although among the purest Thai dialects, but still can't avoid Mon influence because King Mengrai had absorbed Lampun and Lampang into its realm, Lampun and Lampang were the city-states of Haribunjaya which was ruled by Nang Pra Chamatevi (a Mon Queen) with Mon (Chao Bon) population.

Chao Ong เจ้าอง
Lhop หลบ (I guess in Central Thai it means avoid, but in Paktai it is Return)
Kaeh (Take out, Bring) แกะ

Several other words too are used in our version of Paktai (South) dialect. I am lazy to type in Thai because I am using Online Thai Keyboard, it's not convenience though.

Leeporter
QUOTE (LoveIsAllAround @ Feb 5 2012, 09:10 AM) *


First of, he was not correct about Hun-Tien and Kuantanya, both peoples are different person. Many scholars already agreed with this.

And I believe that many Khmer words found in southern dialect came during Ayudhaya period with the court of Ayudhaya. I know many southern words which is a shorter version of Rajasap like หนับเพลา for short pants.

We are talking about the languge of Funan period here which is 1,500 - 2,000 years ago.

What he said is only a couples of hundred year back from today.

His ancestor had no way to know what language people 2,000 years ago in Funan used.

By the way, I found that he agreed with me for one thing.


QUOTE (sonofgunongjerai @ Mar 7 2009, 07:26 AM) *
Srivijaya or Sribhoga had became an Empire after 7th C AD when they broke into Suvarnabhumi (Malayan Peninsula-Southern Thai old name).


My southerner ears can tell that the word Shih-li-fo-shih was actually "Sri Bodhi" embarassedlaugh.gif

And I am sure there are many "Tai" words found in the record of Chinese about Funan.

Until today, no scholars, even the pro-Khmer one, could tell what those words are.

The problem of them is that they are framed in the old theory that there was no Tai-speaking people presenced here.

Tai-spaking people were here long before Funan. They tried to expand north into Chinese's territory and later were forced to retreat back to present day Thailand.

The Tai who migrated to this area during 12th century were actually those who tried to settle down in China and they lost it to Hun during the 3 states (สามก๊ก). They retreated back to join the original Tai-speaking people in this area (which probably already mixed with Mon and Khmer)

I can't accept the theory that Tai-speaking people who were one of the largest group of people in SEA only contained themselves inland and never tried to reach the sea in the south.

Chinese's history has recorded that the Tai groups even tried to take over Hun (but failed), I wouldn't buy the theory that they didn't want to reach the sea in the south before 12nd century. icon_smile.gif

PongThep
wow, so ancient Thai wrote in both in old MON and KHMER scripts.

very interesting. crazy.gif
PongThep
I have a question, why didn't the Tai just simply use their script to record Thai history?

you think those inscription written in Khmer and mon be possibly records of I dunno.....Khmer and Mon people?

don't mind me, just thinking outside the box.
KhmerBoi
This Thai is always think inside the box. It is well known in Cambodia that Sanskrit script written in Cambodia also used Tamil script and Southern-Indian script.. and this Thai forget that Funan torritory is also cover to that area too..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Funan
Leeporter
QUOTE (KhmerBoi @ Feb 6 2012, 11:07 PM) *
This Thai is always think inside the box. It is well known in Cambodia that Sanskrit script written in Cambodia also used Tamil script and Southern-Indian script.. and this Thai forget that Funan torritory is also cover to that area too..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Funan


Yes, Funan started in Malay peninsular before it expanded to northeastern thailand and Cambodia.

I've told you many times. icon_smile.gif
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