Waithali
ဝေသာလီမြို့ | |
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  Waithali Location in Burma | |
| Coordinates: 20°39′46.03″N 93°9′0.82″E / 20.6627861°N 93.1502278°E | |
| Country |  Burma |
| Division | Rakhine State |
| Time zone | UTC6:30 (MST) |
Waithali (Burmese: ဝေသာလီမြို့, pronounced [wèθàlì mjo̰], Pali: Vesālī) located in today's northern Rakhine State, Myanmar, was the capital of the Waithali Kingdom from 370 to 818.[1] The former capital site is approximately 70 kilometres (43 mi) north-east of Sittwe, and east of Ram Chaung, a tributary of the Kaladan river. Like much of northern Rakhine State, Waithali is in a hilly locale. Like its predecessor, Dhanyawadi, the former capital site has fallen into ruin and much of it is now deserted. Only a few temples and traces of the old city wall remain. The site is about an hour's bus ride from Mrauk U.
- ^ Lt. Gen. Sir Arthur P. Phayre (1883). History of Burma (1967 ed.). London: Susil Gupta. pp. 298–299.