The Image on this bench, “Poy Sian”, was inspired by the halberd of King Naresuan the Great (1590 – 1605 AD). This halberd was used in an elephant battle between King Naresuan the Great and Mingyi Swa, the Crown Prince of Toungoo Dynasty which is a part of Myanmar nowadays.
King Naresuan the Great was the first person who used to live in this area as the Prince of Frontier Palace before his succession to the throne of Ayutthaya Kingdom.
The National Museum of King Narai was founded in 1924 during the reign of King Rama VI. It was originally called the “Lopburi Museum” by His Royal Highness Prince Damrong Rajanubhab.
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The depicted icon is inspired by decorative stucco sculptures – dwarf figures pretending to bear the huge structure of Khao Khlang Nai Stupa in Sri Thep Historical Park. This stupa belongs to the whole complex of the Dvaravati place of worship at the centre of the ancient city constructed in the 7th Century AD in approximate. The religious complex, too, manifests how Dvaravati culture was integrated with the indigenous one.
The depicted icon is inspired by King Ramkhamhaeng the Great’s Stone Inscription,
The depicted icon is inspired by a Thai letter “ส” (So Suea) derived from the name Sdok Kok Thom (meaning “a huge stone temple surrounded by a mess of reeds) mentioned in the Sdok Kok Thom Inscription No.2 that lasts from Ancient Khmer Kingdom. The inscription was built in 1052 during the Reign of King Udyaditya Varman II of Ancient Khmer and belongs to the great significance of Southeast Asian Historical Studies since the lineage of Brahmins and Ancient Khmer kings are completely recorded there; this information can be traced back to 200 years. Today the Sdok Kok Thom Inscription No.2 is displayed in Prachinburi National Museum. Its information, along with other related accounts, is available in the information centre of Sdok Kok Thom Historical Park.
