Grahi inscription

Grahi inscription is an inscription found in Chaiya, southern Thailand, written in Old Khmer language with Old Sumatran script, and dated to 1183 CE.

[1][2] This inscription is written on the pedestal of a bronze Buddha statue, that is stored at Wat Hua Wiang temple.

[2] The name Grahi, called Kia-lo-hi in the Chinese Zhu Fan Zhi record, is considered to be the old name of Chaiya.

[3] The city was part of Tambralinga, once a border polity between Srivijaya and Khmer kingdoms in the Malay Peninsula.

[1][3] The transliteration of the inscription according to Cœdès is as follows:[2][4] The approximate translation of the inscription is as follows:[1][4]