Chan Sen Ancient City and Chan Sen Museum
is in Mu 2 in Tambon Chan Sen. It is believed that in
the Thawarawadi period, the city was surrounded by a
moat with an earth mound. The city had a square
shape but with rounded corners almost like a circle.
The moat was about 20 meters wide. The area is now
a waterlogged valley but traces of the moat can still be
seen. The city is about 800 meters long and 700
meters wide with an area of about 480,000 square meters.
As the part within the moat is higher than that outside,
locals call it “Khok Chan Sen.”
A number of
artifacts have been discovered in the ancient city;
earthenware items like amulets, dolls, lamps; stone
items like pedestals, Buddhism wheels, and axes; metal
objects like earrings made of lead or tin, spearheads,
and iron; and bronze objects like Buddha images in the
Man Wichai posture. All of the objects are now
kept at Chan Sen Museum in Chan Sen Temple. It is
open on weekends. Those wishing to visit the site
on weekdays can request permission from the temple.
Youth volunteers from Chan Sen School can guide you
around the city and take you on a tour of the museum.
For more details, please contact tel. 66 5633 9116.
Getting There
: There are several routes, as follows:
From Bangkok,
use the Asian Highway and turn left into In Buri
(Highway No. 11), then turn right into Road No. 3196.
From there, turn left at the Wat Chan Sen sign for about
1 kilometer, go across the railroad and turn left into
Wat Chan Sen. Chan Sen Museum can be seen inside
the temple compound.
From Nakhon
Sawan, take Highway No. 32 (Asian Highway) to Chai Nat
for about 52 kilometers and turn left onto Highway No. 1
to Amphoe Takhli for 7 more kilometers. Then turn
right into Road No. 3196 for about 28 kilometers and
turn right at the Wat Chan Sen sign for about 1
kilometer and go across the railroad into Wat Chan Sen.
