# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/asela-of-anuradhapura
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:16:14.620Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/asela-of-anuradhapura"
name: "Asela of Anuradhapura"
slug: "asela-of-anuradhapura"
description: "Asela (Sinhala:අසේල) was an early monarch of Sri Lanka of the Kingdom of Anuradhapura, based at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura from 215 BC to 205 BC. He was the youngest of the many sons of Mutasiva and brother of previous monarchs Devanampiya Tissa, Uttiya and Mahasiva. Asela fought Sena and Guttika in a battle to re-establish Vijaya rule in 215 BC, but in 205 BC the kingdom of Anuradhapura was again invaded by a Tamil king from the Chola Dynasty named Ellalan, who killed Asela and ruled Anuradhpura kingdom for 44 years."
tagline: "King of Anuradhapura"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "-250"
deathDate: "-205"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.14
  momentum:             5.760837070254111
  historical:           5.277178666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asela_(Sri_Lanka)"
    title: "Asela (Sri Lanka)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asela"
    title: "Asela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asela_of_Anuradhapura"
    title: "Asela of Anuradhapura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "அசேலன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asela"
    title: "Asela"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%85%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%BD_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2"
    title: "අසේල රජ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4804127"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump