Vijayabāhu2
PersonKing of Sri Lanka who reigned 1186–87, nephew and successor of Parakkamabāhu I, who granted a general amnesty but was assassinated after only a year on the throne.
Sister’s son of Parakkamabāhu I and king of Sri Lanka (Vijayabāhu II, 1186-87 A.C.). He succeeded his uncle. Among his acts was the grant of an amnesty to all those imprisoned by Parakkamabāhu I, and the dispatch of an embassy to the king of Arimaddana with a letter in Pāḷi, composed by himself. He was a good king, but was slain at the end of one year’s reign by Mahinda (afterwards Mahinda VI). His viceroy was Kittinissaṅka. Cv.lxxx.1-18.
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