He was the last king of the Anuradhapura Kingdom as well as from the House of Lambakanna II.
[1] In 993, he fled to Ruhuna, the southern part of the country, following a large scale mutiny by his army.
A Chola invasion led by Rajaraja Chola I captured Anuradhapura[2] taking advantage of the 11 year civil war and subsequent turmoil that happened after Anuradhapura fell into anarchy.
[1] 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.