A Study on the Anandacandra Stone Inscription   By Dr Saw Mra Aung The Anandacandra Stone Inscription is named after its engraver, a powerful devoted Buddhist Rakhine king who reigned in the latter part of Vesali Period, which is believed to have been contemporary with Srikhetra, which flourished between the 4th and the 9th centuries A.D. It is now kept on the 40- foot high Mound of the Shitthaung Temple about half a mile north of the Mound of MraukU Palace. At the southern tip of the mound, there is a flight of stair-case, which is 8 feet in width and 35 feet in length, leading from the foot of the mound up to the first levelled ground about 16 feet high above the foot. The Anandacandra Stone Inscription is housed in a shed on the left side of the top of the stair-case. It contains a long list of the names of ancient Rakhine kings who had ruled in Rakhine from many years before the birth of Christ up to the 9th year after the accession of King Anandacandra who ruled at th...