Dhanbidhoo or Dambidà « (according to the Admiralty Charts) (Dhivehi: ÃÂæÃÂÃÂèÃÂë) is one of the inhabited islands of Haddummati Atoll, administrative code Laamu.
This island has large ruins from the historical Maldivian Buddhist era.
Là ÂmÃÂfÃÂnu are ancient royal edicts written on copper plates. Là ÂmÃÂfÃÂnu edicts were etched on long copper plates held together by a ring of the same metal. The là ÂmÃÂfÃÂnu were written in the curly EvÃÂla form of the Divehi akuru or old Maldive alphabet and they are very important documents in the History of the Maldives. The oldest là ÂmÃÂfÃÂnu that have hitherto been found and preserved are from Malé, the royal capital, and from the islands of Isdà « and Dambidà « in Haddummati Atoll, where there were large Buddhist monasteries. These copperplates were issued at the end of the twelfth century AD. Thanks to the là ÂmÃÂfÃÂnu it is also known that the monasteries in Haddummati Atoll were of great importance in the ancient Buddhist Kingdom of the Maldives.
In the Dambidà « là ÂmÃÂfÃÂnu the king of Maldives (Radun) addresses his edict to all islands between Kelà(in Tiladummati Atoll), one of the northernmost islands of the group, and Addu (Atoll) in the southern end. This (là ÂmÃÂfÃÂnu), makes it clear that the general conversion from Buddhism to Islam was ordered by the king. The Dambidà « là ÂmÃÂfÃÂnu tells us also that Satihirutalu (the Chatravali crowning a stupa) were broken to disfigure the numerous stupas. It tells us also that statues of Vairocana, the transcendent Buddha of the middle world region, were destroyed; and the destruction was not limited to sculptures.
The island is south of the country's capital, Malé.