# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mahasiva-of-anuradhapura
# Generated: 2026-08-16T11:22:47.954Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mahasiva-of-anuradhapura"
name: "Mahasiva of Anuradhapura"
slug: "mahasiva-of-anuradhapura"
description: "Mahasiva (Sinhala:මහාසිව) was an early monarch of Sri Lanka of the kingdom of Anuradhapura, based at the ancient capital of Anuradhapura from 257 BC to 247 BC according to historical records. Mahasiva was one of the many sons of Mutasiva and also brother of monarchs Devanampiya Tissa, Uttiya and Asela."
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"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           36.93
  momentum:             20.52631578947368
  historical:           5.268790666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasiva"
    title: "Mahasiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasiva"
    title: "Mahasiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasiva"
    title: "Mahasiva"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "மகாசிவன்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahasiwa"
    title: "Mahasiwa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%84%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%83%E0%B7%92%E0%B7%80_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2"
    title: "මහාසිව රජ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16931951"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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