From text to image: Copying as Buddhist practice in late fourteenth century Sukhothai

Sukhothai was one of the earliest ethnic Thai kingdoms in what is now present-day Thailand. It flourished from the end of the thirteenth to the late fourteenth century. Buddhism and Hinduism existed side by side; remains of Buddhist temples and Hindu shrines, sculptures, and inscriptions are among the extant evidence of the religious practices of this kingdom. The diversity of religious practices seems to have been encouraged and patronized by the kings and the royal families whose names frequently appear on inscriptions that have been discovered inmany temples in the vicinity of the ancient city.