3. Inscriptions of the eastern and north eastern
provinces, 6th-i3th century A. D.,—Sanskrit and
Khmer.
4. Inscriptions of the kingdom of Haripufljaya,
I2th-i3th century A. D.,—Pali and Mon.
5. Inscriptions of the kingdom of Sukhodaya,
I3th-i6th century,—Pali and Siamese.
6. Inscriptions of the kingdom of Yonaka (in the
north-west), I4th-i6th century,—Pali and Mon.
7. Inscriptions of the dynasties of Ayodhya and
Bangkok. Post-fourteenth century.—Pali and
Siamese.1
It should, however, be remembered that the in-
scriptions of all these groups donot treat of the history
of Siam. We have to come for that purpose mainly to
the inscriptions of the kingdom of Sukhodaya, of the
dynasties of Ayodhya and Bangkok.
Numerous inscriptions have been found in the
north of Siam, though they are not so important. The
oldest record goes back to the end of the I4th century.
They are, however, rare in the regions of Savankha lok^
Sukhothai and Kamphen Phet, but the most important
epigraphic records of Siam has been discovered in the
site of the ancient kingdom of Sachanalai. It gives
the names and dates of the kings of Siam, based on
the ancient chronicle.2 P. SCHMITT translated the
1. B. E. F. E-O. Jan-June 1924, p. 266.
2. B. E. F. E-05 XVI, 3, p. L