Prasat Hin Phanom Wan: A Khmer gem in Korat

Prasat Hin Phanom Wan

Ba wanda zai taɓa iya warkar da ƙaunata ga daular Khmer. Kacici-kacici da yawa sun rage ta yadda zai iya daukar al’ummomi da yawa don samun duk amsoshi, idan har… 

Abin farin ciki, ina zaune a cikin wani yanayi da ke fashe da kayan tarihi na Khmer don haka tunanina ya kasance fiye da kuzari da kuzari. A yau zan so in yi tunani a kan wani dutse mai daraja da ya daɗe a raina 'don yi' list, amma wanda kawai na ziyarta a karon farko 'yan makonnin da suka gabata.

Na yi tafiya ta Nakhon Ratchasima ko Korat watakila sau ashirin a cikin 'yan shekarun nan kuma akwai dalilin da ya sa ba mu yi tafiya na karin kilomita goma sha biyar zuwa Prasat Hin Phanom Wan: Yayi zafi sosai, ya jika, kuma gaji, a takaice, ba zai taba ba. Shin akwai lokacin da ya dace har zuwa wani lokaci a farkon Yuli, kusan kwatsam, mun ƙare kusa da wannan rugujewar Khmer.

A kowane hali, ban yi nadamar wannan ƴan ta'addar ba na ɗan lokaci. Domin abin da wannan haikalin na Ban Makha Pho, Muang Nakhon Ratchasima, ke da daraja ke nan. Na yarda cewa wannan rukunin yanar gizon ba shi da siffa mai ban mamaki na Phanom Rung, kuma ba shi da tsattsauran tsafi na Muang Tam, amma godiya ga masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da, sama da duka, maido da kyakkyawan tunani da aka yi a cikin 'yan shekarun nan. Sashen Fasahar Fine na Thai da aka yi, wannan misali ne mai kyau na abin da ake kira haikalin al'umma ko haikalin gida ya yi kama da shi a ƙarni na sha ɗaya na zamaninmu.

Prasat Hin Phanom Wan

A lokacin wannan gyare-gyare, da sauri ya bayyana a fili cewa haƙiƙanin dutsen yashi na Khmer da muke gani a yau an gina shi ne a wurin wani babban haikali da ya daɗe wanda ya ƙunshi wuraren bautar bulo uku da aka gina a jere. Wataƙila waɗannan wuraren ibada guda uku na wani haikali ne da aka gina a zamanin Sarki Yashovarman na I (889-910), kamar yadda aka sami wani rubutu da ke nuni da shi. Ba zato ba tsammani, an gano alamun wasu haikali ko wuraren ibada guda biyar a cikin wannan rukunin kayan tarihi, wanda mafi tsufansu na iya kasancewa tun daga ƙarni na bakwai. Wasu masana tarihi sun ɗauka cewa wannan ginin haikalin na iya samun alaƙa da Sri Canasa ko Canasapura, jihar Mon birni wanda ke cikin yankin Nakhon Ratchasima a cikin karni na shida da bakwai kuma wannan shine Buddha, amma sai, watakila ƙarƙashin rinjayar Angkor da Khmer sun koma Hindu.

A cikin al'adar Khmer mai kyau, wannan haikalin yana fuskantar gabas. An taba kewaye ta da wani faffadan tumatur, amma baya ga bakin cikin da ba a iya gane ta a gefuna ba, ba a iya ganin ta. Yanzu yana kwance a cikin wani lawn da aka kula da shi a hankali wanda aka yi masa layi da ƴan bishiyoyi masu inuwa. Duk da cewa rufin ya ɓace gaba ɗaya kuma wani ɓangare na corridor ya rushe, an adana wani babban ɓangaren bangon da ke kewaye da corridor na haikali. Haka kuma gopura, an kiyaye ƙofofin shiga da aka ƙawata da shirayi huɗu. Da zarar ciki, babban nan da nan ya fadi prang ko hasumiya mai siffar magarya. An sanya sassan da aka dawo da su da gangan a cikin dutsen yashi mai sauƙi domin a iya lura da bambancin. The prang ba shi da ƙarfi kamar mai siffar flask prang daga Phimai, amma tare da tsayin mita 25 yana daya daga cikin mafi girma Khmerprangs a Thailand. Wani bambanci da Phimai shi ne cewa da wuya a sami wasu sassaka-tsalle ko kayan kwalliya a wannan rukunin yanar gizon.

Prasat Hin Phanom Wan (Chumphon_TH / Shutterstock.com)

Masu binciken kayan tarihi da suka binciki wannan rukunin sun ɗauka cewa haikalin ya kasance - don Allah ya san dalilin - bai taɓa gamawa ba. Akwai wasu kayan ado na ado a kan pilasters da ƴan dutsen dutse, amma game da shi ke nan. Akwai wani rubutu mai ban sha'awa na wani Viravarman, jarumin Han na kasar Sin wanda ke hidima ga yarima mai jiran gado na Khmer Suryavarman I (1002-1049). Wannan Viravarman a fili bai yi mugun abu ba, domin wannan rubutun, wanda aka yi a shekara ta 1055, ya ambaci yadda ya ba da kyauta ga wani wurin ibada. Wani karimci mai karimci wanda ke tare da ƙarin gudummawar gudummawar bayi maza da mata 200, filaye da dabbobi zuwa haikalin…