Kassapa VI

Vikramabahu (1017–1041; known as Kassapa before his coronation) was a medieval king of Sri Lanka. Following the death of his father in 1029, Vikramabahu led the resistance movement against the Chola invaders of the country, ruling from the southern principality of Ruhuna from 1029 to 1041. He spent a number of years building up his forces to drive out the Chola, but the Cola inscriptions affirm that Vikkamabāhu lost his life in the Cola war and that his diadem fell into the hands of Räjädhirāja. ^[1]