# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahasena-of-anuradhapura
# Generated: 2026-08-16T10:17:12.319Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahasena-of-anuradhapura"
name: "Mahasena of Anuradhapura"
slug: "mahasena-of-anuradhapura"
description: "Mahasena, also known in some records as Mahasen, was a king of Sri Lanka who reigned from 273 to 301 AD. He initiated the construction of large tanks (reservoirs) in Sri Lanka, ultimately building sixteen of them. Early in his reign, Mahasena discriminated against Theravāda Buddhists and destroyed several of their temples, including the Mahavihara, the principal Theravāda monastery. However, guided by his chief minister, he sought reconciliation by constructing the Jethavana stupa."
tagline: "Sri Lankan King"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SL_Anuradhapura_asv2020-01_img24_Jetavanaramaya_Stupa.jpg?width=1200"
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: "301"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           45.89
  momentum:             3.582560662852634
  historical:           7.692262666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%85%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B0"
    title: "Махасена"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasena"
    title: "Mahasena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasena_of_Anuradhapura"
    title: "Mahasena of Anuradhapura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasena_de_Anuradhapura"
    title: "Mahasena de Anuradhapura"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasena"
    title: "Mahasena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8F%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8A"
    title: "マハーセーナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasena_od_%C5%A0ri_Lanke"
    title: "Mahasena od Šri Lanke"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%9A%E0%B6%B1_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2"
    title: "මහාසේන රජ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%A9%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "மகாசேனன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5967591"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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