A message which appeared on the first Sukhothai stone inscription provides evidence to show that as far back as the Sukhothai period, when King Ramkhamhang the Great fought on elephant back, elephants were our comrades on the battlefield and in victory over Khun Sam Chon. Also discovered on the third section of the same stone is a depiction of King Ramkhamhang decorating his white elephant and riding on it, leading his people to make merit at the temples in Arunyik. In war and in peace, elephants have symbolized Sukhothai ever since.