Amphoe Ta Khli
Chan Sen Ancient City and Chan Sen
Museum
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.
