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Anandachandra inscription
The Anandachandra inscription is a Sanskrit inscription on a stone pillar now at the Shitthaung temple at Mrauk U in Rakhine State, Myanmar. Carved for King Anandachandra of Waithali around 729 CE, it lists the kings of his Chandra dynasty and records his gifts to Buddhist monks and to Brahmins. It is the main written source for the early history of Arakan.
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