Wat Thong Thua, 4 kilometres from town on Sukhumvit
Highway, is the site of an ancient Bot which was built over a
Khmer-style temple. It also has a large collection of ancient Khmer
sculptures such as lintels, sandstone door columns carve in various
designs and inscription stone. Nearby is the Mueang Phaniat
archaeological site with its remains of laterite base of a large Khmer
religious sanctuary and moats marking the town limit the south. The
ancient town is believed to have been dated from the 12th-16the
centuries B.E. (Buddhist Era).
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