Region: South Asia · Coordinates: 8.359, 80.510 · 5 events
| Year | Source | Account |
|---|---|---|
| 307 BC | Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka) | Elder Mahinda stayed a month at Vedisa, then on the Uposatha day flew with five companions through the air and descended at Ambatthala on Mount Missaka in Lanka. tradition |
| 307 BC | Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka) | King Devanampiya Tissa, hunting on Mount Missaka and chasing a deer, met Mahinda, was tested with questions, and took refuge in the Dhamma. tradition |
| 260 BC | Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka) | Elder Mahinda attained parinibbana on Mount Cetiya at Mihintale on the eighth day of the Asalha month, in the eighth year of King Uttiya. tradition |
| 46 BC | Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka) | On Ketiya Mountain at Mihintale, Kutakannatissa set up an uposatha hall, a stone thupa and a bodhi tree, and built a city wall seven cubits high around the capital. tradition |
| AD 29 | Mahavamsa (Great Chronicle of Sri Lanka) | King Kanirajanutissa arrested sixty monks charged with treason and confined them on Ketiya Mountain. |