Nakha Vehera (Anuradhapura)

Nakha Vehera (Anuradhapura)

Nakha Vehera Naka Vehera (Sinhala: නඛා වෙහෙර) is a ruined square-shaped Stupa situated in the eastern part of the ancient Anuradhapura city, Sri Lanka. History According to Mahavamsa (Chap. 10. v.84, Chap. 37. v.44), King Mahasena (275-301 A.D.) built a Stupa in the eastern part of the city where the place of the Yakkha Kalavela situated (Geiger, 1986; Nicholas, 1963). As Nakha Vehera is the only Stupa located at this eastern part of the city, some believe that this could be the Stupa built by Mahasena (Wikramagamage, 2004). However, according to the view of many, this is a Stupa belonging to the Late-Anuradhapura Period between the 7th-10th centuries A.D. The Stupa Nakha Vehera Stupa is believed to be a monument built according to the Mahayana tradition (Wikramagamage, 2004). This was confirmed by several clay relic caskets and clay tablets discovered from this site (Wikramagamage, 2004). These caskets and tablets are said to have contained Mahayana writings from the verse " ye dhar…