Career
Declining to submit himself in person to the Mongol Khan, Kublai Khan, he nevertheless "subjected himself to this humiliation" of the Mongol commanders Sagatou and Lieu Cheng dividing his kingdom into administrative units. Sagatou launched an invasion in 1282, forcing Indravarman V to flee to the mountains. Refusing to present himself in court and make an act of vassalage, he subjected the Mongols to suffer "heat, illness, and a lack of supplies".
Desertions amongst the Mongols also took their toll.
Finally, after Sagatou"s death in 1285, "Champa found itself delivered of the Mongols."
Indravarman V did send an ambassador to Kublai on 6 October 1285, and probably died soon afterwards.
