Nakhon Pathom - Prang

At the western edge of the city, approaching on Highway 4 from Bangkok, there is a whitewashed prang on a square base. This is supposed to be the oldest Buddhist building in Thailand, older even than Phra Pathom Chedi. Close by archaeologists have discovered traces of the foundations and terrace of a sacred building, fragments of friezes decorated with figures, and several images of Buddha.