Dvaravati Era: พระธาตุยาคู อารยธรรมสมัยทวารวดี | THAILAND 🇹🇭

 

 

 Dvaravati period lasted from around the 6th to the 11th century in what is now Thailand.

Dvaravati refers to a culture, an art style, and a disparate conglomeration of principalities.

Dvaravati itself was heavily influenced by Indian culture and played an important role in introducing Buddhism and particularly Buddhist art to the region.

 

"Buddhism was important during the Dvaravati period. Stories carved on the sema stones are mostly stories from Jataka tales and the Lord Buddha's life. The Northeast has many ancient sites related to Buddhism.

 

Dvaravati culture can be found in other northeastern provinces like Kalasin, Roi Et, Sakon Nakhon, and Nakhon Phanom.

 

Fa Daed Song Yang Ancient City of Kalasin province is also called Muang Sema since hundreds of the sema stones [ordination hall demarcation stones] were found there. It is in a sema stone-like shape, surrounded by two soil walls and a moat.

 

Roi Et boasts several pre-historic archaeological sites and ancient cities with moats while the base of Phrathat Phanom is believed to be Dvaravati art.

 

Sakhon Nakhon has a number of pre-historic sites, Dvaravati sites with sema stones in Muang district, and several cave paintings.

 

Nakhon Phanom has Phra That Phanom (pagoda that keeps the relics of Buddha) is an important place of worship for Buddhists, both Thai, and Laos.

The pagoda is a rectangular pagoda built by bricks, which is carved in an ancient pattern similar to the Dvaravati arts.