Ko Kho Khao
Coordinates: 8 ° 53 ′ 20 ″ N , 98 ° 16 ′ 52 ″ E
Ko Kho Khao ( Thai : เกาะ คอ เขา ) is a subdistrict ( tambon ) in the district ( Amphoe ) Takua Pa , Phang Nga Province in the southern region of Thailand . The district of Ko Kho Khao extends over the island of the same name on the west coast of Thailand.
Archaeological site
In the corridor of the village of Thung Tuek ( บ้าน ทุ่ง ตึก ), directly opposite the mouth of the Takua Pa River, there is an archaeological site.
Ko Kho Khao is interesting for two reasons: firstly, it was a center of the trans-Isthmian re-export trade across the Isthmus of Kra for a variety of ceramics from the Middle East and China , and secondly, an inscription was found in Tamil language that denotes the Describes the construction of a water reservoir with the help of Indian merchants, at which Indian guards are said to have been present. This is very rare information about the presence of Indian groups in Southeast Asia . The reservoir was actually found to be approximately 880 meters by 200 meters.
The first excavations were carried out on site in 1909 by Prince Vajiravudh , later King Rama VI.
Ko Kho Khao shows the establishment and maintenance of international trade routes during the first millennium.
Archaeological Information Center in the Thung Tuk archaeological site
Antique pillar stone in front of the information center
Heavily churned out excavation site of Thung Tuk
literature
- Bengt-Inge Ohlsson: Koh Kho Khao and The Maritime Silk Route. Self-published, oOuJ
- Boonyarit Chaisuwan & R. Naiyawat: Thung Tuk. A Settlement Linking Together the Maritime Silk Route. Trio Creation, Songkhla 2009. [A review by Thanik Lertcharnrit is also available in Thai as pdf ทุ่่ ง ตึก: จุด เชืื่ อม โยง เส้ น้ น ทาง สายไหม ทาง ทะเล (accessed January 21, 2014).]
- Charles Higham : Encyclopedia of Ancient Asian Civilizations. Facts on File, New York 2004. [wrongly under Kok Kho Khao ].
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amara Srisuchat: Earthenware from Archaeological Sites in Southern Thailand: The First Century to the Twelfth Century AD . In: John N. Miksic (Ed.): Earthenware in Southeast Asia: Proceedings of the Singapore Symposium on Premodern Southeast Asian Earthenwares . Singapore University Press, Singapore 2003, ISBN 9971-69-271-6 , pp. 250 (card), 254 . ( Text excerpt as digitized version on Google Books)
- ↑ Fields of work and works by Thanik Lertcharnrit. ( Memento of the original from February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
