Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c22.72

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repaired the doors and transposed the pillars of the structure round the cetiya.²¹ Mahinda II. placed a casing of gold and silver plates in the cetiya,²² while Dappula II. covered the thūpaghara with golden bricks²³; both plates and bricks were later plundered by the Paṇḍu king.²⁴ The golden plates were restored by Udaya II.,²⁵ and Sena Ilaṅga provided a building for the monks to the west of the Thūpārāma.²⁶ Rakkha Ilaṅga did likewise.²⁷ Mahinda IV. covered the cetiya with strips of gold and silver, provided a golden door for the vihāra and instituted a great festival.²⁸ Vijayabāhu I., Parakkamabāhu I., and Vijayabāhu IV., successively, restored the buildings and effected necessary repairs.²⁹ The road into Anurādhapura passed by the southern gate of the Thūpārāma, eastwards and then northwards.³⁰ From the Kadambanadī to the Thūpārāma the road lay through the gate of the Rājamātuvihāra.³¹