The famous
Stone of Ramkhamhaeng,
a
stele
shaped like a small pyramidal
obelisk
with an
epigraph
and officially designated as Inscription No. 1, was discovered by
Mongkhut (fig.)
at
Prasat
Hill in
Sukhothai
on 17 January 1833 (BE
2376). The text on this monolith partially recounts the rule of King
Ramkhamhaeng
(fig.)
and the so-called
Bell of Ramkhamhaeng (fig.),
though its authenticity remains a subject of scholarly debate.
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