[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Dictionary of Pali Proper Names](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937) › v2.c30.370 # Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v2.c30.370 Dictionary of Pāli Proper Names v2.c30.370 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c30.370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.370) \*\*Bhātikatissa.\*\*—Son of \*\*Mahallanāga\*\* and king of Ceylon for twenty-four years (203-227 A.C.). He built a wall round the \*\*Mahāvihāra\*\*. He erected the \*\*Gavaratissa\*\* and \*\*Bhātikatissa-vihāras\*\* and built the \*\*Mahāmaṇi\*\* tank, and also built an \*uposatha\*-hall in the \*\*Thūpārāma\*\*. He was succeeded by his younger brother, \*\*Kaṇiṭṭhatissa\*\*.¹ - [Previous: v2.c30.369](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.369) - [Next: v2.c30.371](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.371) - [Up: v2.c30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.370](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.malalasekera-1937.v2.c30.370) · Pramāṇa