Si Mahosot district
district in Prachin Buri province, Thailand
Si Mahosot (Thai: ศรีมโหสถ, pronounced [sǐː mā.hǒː.sòt]) is a district (amphoe) of Prachinburi province, eastern Thailand. It may also be spelled Sri Mahosot. The district was created in 1970 as the minor district of Khok Pip, made a full district in 1977 and given its present name in 1993.
It holds the ancient town of Si Mahosot, also called Dong Si Maha Phot, whose religious character in the seventh and eighth centuries has been disputed. Imported Tang ceramics, Persian Gulf turquoise-glazed earthenware and a fragment of a Tang coin have been recovered there.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the west clockwise): Ban Sang, Mueang Prachinburi and Si Maha Phot of Prachinburi Province; and Phanom Sarakham of Chachoengsao province.
History
The minor district (king amphoe) Khok Pip was established on 15 February 1970, when the three tambons, Khok Pip, Khu Lam Phan, and Phai Cha Lueat were split off from Si Maha Phot district. It was upgraded to a full district on 13 April 1977, and renamed Si Mahosot on 3 June 1993.
The ancient town of Si Mahosot, also known as Dong Si Maha Phot, has been read as the centre of the Hindu half of a religious division of the Chao Phraya valley, proposed by Srisakra Vallibhotama. Nicolas Revire rejects that division and cites textual, epigraphic and material evidence for Buddhists in the region in the seventh and eighth centuries.
“Si Mahosot district” enters the record as district in Prachin Buri province, Thailand. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Mahosot, district and Prachin can confirm, complicate or overturn.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q476694. Authority coordinates are 13.882, 101.407. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1970, 1977 and 1993.
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