stupa | Stupa | Buddha relics from Kanishka's stupa | The ''yagura'' of the Miura clan. Visible food offerings and some ''sotoba'' (small wooden stupa | Prince Sisowath Monipong's ashes are resting in the same stupa | Chakhil-i-Ghoundi Stupa | Chakhil-i-Ghoundi stupa | Butkara Stupa |
The city's apogee was reached under the reign of Dutthagamani who, in 161 BC, defeated the South Indian invader Elara re-establishing Buddhism in the place of Brahminism and endowed the site with extraordinary monuments including the Mirisaveti Stupa, Ruwanwelisaya, and the Brazen Palace.