[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.

The site is about an hour's bus ride from Mrauk U. Waithali is the Burmese language pronunciation of the Pali word Vesali (vesālī).

[2] Waithali was a famed trade port with thousands of ships coming annually at its height.

[4][5] The western face inscription has 72 lines of text recorded in 51 verses describing the Anandachandra's predecessor rulers.

On the reverse of the coins, the Srivatsa (Rakhine: Thiriwutsa), while the obverse bears a bull, the emblem of the Chandra dynasty, under which the name of the King is inscribed in Sanskrit.

[7] Some important and badly damaged life-size Buddha images were recovered from Letkhat-Taung, a hill east of the old palace compound.

These statues are invaluable in helping to understand the Waithalian architecture, and also the extent of Hindu influence in the kingdom.

Some historians conclude that the decline was from a takeover or from the immigration of the Mranma (Bamar people) in the 10th century.