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Chantharakasem National Museum

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.

Sri Thep Historical Park, Phetchabun Province

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.