How the Emerald Buddha was taken from Chiang Mai , Thailand to Luang Prabang of Laos.
From " The Chronicle of the Emerald Buddha. " Published in English language 1933 , written by Camille Notton, French Consul of Chiang Mai.At the preface of the book, he wrote that he " translated from a manuscript on palm leaves found in Chiang Mai, the text which is in the Pali language, each phrase being followed by a translation in the dialect of Chiang Mai( youan ). There is in the literary work no indication of the author or the date of composition
Page 33 " Officer were dispatched to Chieng Mai to inform king Jaya Jetthadhiraja about his father 's death, and on receiving this news, His Majesty could not restrain himself from weeping. As he want to go back to Sri Sattanaganahuta Nagara, he thought to himself : " If I return to Sri Sattanaganahuta Nagara, I do not know when I will come back to Chieng Mai. I shall take with me the Emerald Buddha, but it is not in my knowledge which statue it is, as there are so may statues of Buddha made of precious stones." Thereupon, he gave one hundred gold (weight) to the warden of the sanctuary in which the precious images were deposited and said to him: " O guardian of the image of Buddha, tell us which is the Emerald one." To this the warden answered: " Your Majesty, I will put some red flower in the hand of that Buddha, and Your Majesty will find the statue and take it in the night." So by night-time one red flower was deposited in the hand of the Emerald Buddha and king Jaya Jetthadhiraja having taken leave first of the chiefs of the religious community , and after of the dignitaries and chaplains, went to the sanctuary of the Buddha. He took away the emerald statue, handed it over to his army of four horses and departed to Muang Lan Chang."
Near the end of the Chronicle ends it said that " ...".This king having been 24 yearson the throne died at the age of 83. At the moment of his demise, the Emerald Buudha, the Pra Chek Kham and the Maha Cetiya Dhatu Chieng Mai were in his mind and he was born in the heaven of the angels, where he is to this day enjoying celesting abundance"
Then thechronicle ended in 1725 A.D. that " The Pra Bang, Pra Chek Kham and Pra Keo Amrarakata ( Emerald Buddha), these three images of the Omniscient Lord are at the present time to be found at the capital of Lan Chang, that is Candapuri Sir Sattanaganahuta ( Vientiane) which town has become extremely prosperous thanks to the supernatural powers of the said images.
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