Research & Article

The Fine Arts Department of the Royal Thai Government has since 1974 been conducting archeological excavations of the prasat or temple at Muang Singh, an ancient town situated on the Kwae Noi river in Kanchanaburi Province, lying about 120 kilometres west of Bangkok. The project to restore Prasat Muang Singh is scheduled to be completed in 1980. In the notes which follow some of the findings of the excavations are presented with illustrative examples, together with brief background notes on the history of Muang Singh and historical inferences drawn from the findings.