Dakkhina Stupa (Sinhala: දක්ඛිණ ස්තුපය, lit. 'Dakkhiṇa Stupaya', Tamil: தக்கின தூபி, lit. 'Dakkhiṇa Thupa') is a 2nd-century BC large brick Stupa in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. Earlier thought to be a monument of King Elara,[2] it was later identified as the Stupa of ancient Dakini (Dakkhina) Vihara by Senarath Paranavithana with the help of a Brahmi inscription of the 3rd century A.D. unearthed from the ground between the southern and western Vahalkadas of the Stupa.[3][4]
This structure was for centuries locally known as the tomb stone of king Ellalan, known as Elara Sohona, which was worshipped by Tamils and Sinhalese.[5][6] However, after this monument was identified as the Dakkhina Stupa, Paranavitana pointed out that this site could mark the cremation ground of King Dutugamunu (161 BC – 137 BC).[7][8] Although, some did not agree with this identification[9] some are in the opinion that this Stupa may have been built over the cremation site of King Dutugemunu.[10]
^"Archaeological Sites (Map)". Department of Archaeology. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
^Dr.James Rutnam, 1981, The Tomb of Elara at Anuradhapura https://noolaham.orgview_html.php?q=index.php/The_Tomb_of_Elara_at_Anuradhapura?uselang=en
^Paranavitana, S. (2001). Inscriptions of Ceylon. Vol. II (II). Archaeological Survey Department, Sri Lanka. pp. 161–172.
^Dakkhina Stupa by Lanka Pradeepa, 12 December 2020, retrieved 12 March 2022
^McGilvray, Dennis B. (1993). Reviewed Work: The Presence of the Past: Chronicles, Politics, and Culture in Sinhala Life.by Steven Kemper. The University of Colorado Boulder: The Journal of Asian Studies. p. 1058. JSTOR 2059412.
^Wickramasinghe, Nira (2015). Sri Lanka in the Modern Age: A History. Oxford University Press. p. 398. ISBN 978-0-19-022579-7.
^Seneviratna, Anuradha (1994). Ancient Anuradhapura: The Monastic City. Archaeological Survey Department, Government of Sri Lanka, 1994. p. 195. ISBN 9789559159025. It was identified in an excavation in 1946 as the Dakkhina Stupa by the eminent historian and archaeologist Senarat Paranavitana.
^Gunaratna, Rohan (2000). Sri Lanka. Ediz. Inglese. Casa Editrice Bonechi. p. 25. ISBN 9788880292395.
^Indrapala, K. The Evolution of an ethnic identity: The Tamils of Sri Lanka, p. 368
^Dias, M. (2001). Epigraphia Zeylanica, Vol. VIII. Department of Archaeology Survey. p. 45. A.S.C.A.R. 1948, pp.8ff. Adequate reasons have been given to establish the fact that the Dakkhina Stupa was built at the spot where Dutthagamini was cremated
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