Bhatikabhaya
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Bhatikabhaya (20 BC - 9 AD) was King of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, in the 1st century BC, whose reign lasted from 20 BC to 9 AD. He succeeded his father Kutakanna Tiss as King of Anuradhapura and was succeeded by his brother Mahadathika Mahanaga.
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In Mahavansa
- Bhati - Mahavansa/Chapter 34 (The Eleven Kings) mentions ....After Kutakanna Tissa's death his son, the prince named Bhatikabhaya, reigned twenty-eight years. Since he, the pious ruler of the earth, was the brother of king Mahadathika he was known on the island by the name Bhatikaraja, Here did he carry out the work of repairing the Lohapasada and built two vedikas for the Mahathupa, and the (hail) called the Uposatha (hall) in the (vihära) named after the thüpa.'