Wat Saphan Hin

Terrain

General Condition

Wat Saphan Hin is an abandoned temple located on Saphan Hin Hill. Outside Sukhothai to the west It is about 1.9 kilometers west of the west moat and 1.9 kilometers north of Khlong Sao Ho.

Height above mean sea level

Waterway

Khlong Sao Hor, Yom River

Geological conditions

Khao Saphan Hin is a limestone mountain in the fishbone rock category. Lampang rock group Triassic period 245-210 million years ago (Department of Mineral Resources 2008 :15) formed in the marine sediment deposition environment in northern Thailand.

Archaeological Era

era/culture

Types of archaeological sites

archaeological essence

Wat Saphan Hin is located on Saphan Hin mountain, about 200 meters high (Supatradit Diskul 1978 :85) outside Sukhothai city to the west. It is about 1.9 kilometers west of the west moat, or in the Aranyik region of Sukhothai as mentioned in the main stone inscription No. 1

From the foothills below, there is a walkway about 300 meters long up to Saphan Hin Temple. This path has existed since the past. Characteristics of paving with slate.

Wat Saphan Hin may also be a temple where King Ramkhamhaeng made a white elephant named Rujakhiri. To go to the monks in this temple every day of the waxing and waning days of the 15th night (Special Chia Chanphong 2003)

Important archaeological sites within the temple include the remains of wihan Made of bricks facing east or facing the city of Sukhothai. Inside the viharn enshrines Princess It is a large standing stucco Buddha image, 12.5 meters high (Supatradit Diskun 1978:87), showing the posture of giving forgiveness. This Buddha image may be "Phra Attharot" that appears in the 1st main stone inscription (King Bhumibol Adulyadej 1983 :77-78) that says "...in the middle of Aranyik. There is a large and beautiful Bihar There is an Atthasana standing up..." But there are objections that His Highness forgot to determine that Phra Attharot at Saphan Hin Temple may not be the one mentioned in the King Ramkhamhaeng inscription (Piriya Krairiksh 1983 :15)

Attharot of Sukhothai Probably influenced and inspired by Buddhist arts and beliefs from Lanka, along with receiving Buddhism in the Lankawong style. Especially since the end of the Anuradhapura period and in the Plonnaluwa period, a viharn was built to enshrine a standing Buddha image.

In addition, away from the front or east side of the temple There is also a Jedi The top of a lotus bud in the Sukhothai period size is not very big It is enshrined not far from the stairway made of slate. (On the south side of the stairs) is a brick pagoda. The bottom part was made of rock