Mahinda V

Mahinda V is King of Anuradhapura in the eleventh century.

He is the last of the Anuradhapura Kingdom as well as from the House of Lambakanna II.

In 993, he flees to Ruhuna, the southern part of the country, when a Chola invasion led by Rajaraja Chola I captures Anuradhapura.

He is later taken captive and taken to India, where he dies as a prisoner in 1029.

The Mahavamsa records that the rule of Mahinda V was weak and he was unable to even organize the collecting of taxes.

The country was in a state of extreme poverty and his army refused to follow orders due to lack of wages.

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