King of Sri Lanka, senior contemporary of Asoka. He was the son of Paṇḍukābhaya and Suvaṇṇapālī, and reigned for sixty years (307‑247 B.C.). Among his works was the laying out of the Mahāmeghavana. He had ten sons and two daughters,¹ and was succeeded by his second son, Devānampiyatissa (Mhv.xi.1 ff; xiii.2). The Dīpavaṃsa (v. 82; but see xi.13) says that the sixth year of Asoka’s reign corresponded with the forty-
¹ For their names see Dpv.xi.5 and xvii.25 f., also MT. 425: Abhaya, Tissa (Devānampiyatissa), Nāga (Mahānāga), Uttiya, Mattābhayā, Mitta, Sīva (Mahā-