Mueang Sing Historical Park - 11th Century Khmer Ruin - Kanchanaburi Thailand 2024

Mueang Sing เมืองสิงห์ is a historical park in Sai Yok District of Kanchanaburi province in Thailand. It protects the remains of two Khmer temples dating to the 13th and 14th centuries. It was declared a historical park in 1987.

The history of the site goes back to the period between 857 and 1157, a period when the Khmer Kingdom was flourishing. The town was abandoned in the early 13th century for unknown reasons. Another site south of here shows signs of being sacked and burned but no evidence of that happening here.

Prasat Mueang Sing ปราสาทเมืองสิงห์ refers to the principal temple structure located within the wider site of Muang Sing. For the walled, moated settlement itself the original name of the city was Jayasinghapura.

The sanctuary itself displays a classic Bayon-period layout with a surrounding rectangular wall with a cruciform entrance causeway to the east and an inner enclosure featuring 4 gopuras at the cardinal directions which in turn encloses a central shrine that also has a cruciform design.

No sandstone, structural or decorative elements are in situ. The significant number of statues unearthed on or near the site lead many to speculate that any lintels and pedestals may never have existed.

Sections of stucco remain on protected walls and it appears likely that decorative reliefs were in stucco rather than sandstone. It must be noted that this large site was probably constructed rather hastily and was occupied for a very limited period at the end of the 12th and early part of the 13th centuries.

The various sandstone sculptures seen around the site today include Prajnaparamita, a 6-armed and a seated Buddha with naga are reproductions with the originals being housed either in the adjacent Mueang Sing Historical Park Exhibition Hall or the Bangkok National Museum. The exhibition hall also houses a pedestal with a brief inscription that is written in old Khmer dedicating the site to Jayavarman VII.

It’s a well maintained park that takes a few hours to explore. The ruins are small but still worth a visit.

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