Geography of Early Buddhism c12.62.4

c12.62.4

Thus it states that the city of Ceylon was once decorated up to the Ambathalā cetiya.⁴ Elsewhere reference is made to the Maṅgala cetiya to the north of which king Upatissa built a thūpa, an image and a room for keeping the image.⁵ Mention is also made of the Bahumaṅgala cetiya, the three great cetiyas,⁶ the Amala cetiya,⁷ the Hema-vāluka cetiya where an anointment ceremony was performed,⁸ the Ratanavāluka cetiya where meritorious deeds were performed⁹ and the Ratanāvali cetiya which was very extensive.¹⁰ Another cetiya is said to have been destroyed by the Damiḷas.¹¹ It is difficult to ascertain exactly the nature of these cetiyas, but most of them, it seems from their contexts, were stūpa shrines.