Shivadeva I (also spelled Sivadeva) was a king of the
Licchavi dynasty who ruled Nepal from around 590 to 605 C.E.
He was the son of Mana Deva II and lived in a nine-storeyed palace called the Kailashkut Bhavan.
Political life
In 598 C.E, a feudal lord,
Amshuverma
Amshuverma or Amshu Verma (595 CE - 621 CE; Devanagari: अंशुवर्मा) rose to the position of ''Mahasamanta'' (equivalent to prime minister) about 595 CE when King Sivadev I was ruling in the Licchavi (kingdom) of Nepal. By 604 A ...
, who belonged to the Vaisya clan, rose to a position of an influential officer and assumed the title of ''Maharajadhiraj'' reducing Shivadeva to a mere figurehead.
Rather than resisting
Amshuverma
Amshuverma or Amshu Verma (595 CE - 621 CE; Devanagari: अंशुवर्मा) rose to the position of ''Mahasamanta'' (equivalent to prime minister) about 595 CE when King Sivadev I was ruling in the Licchavi (kingdom) of Nepal. By 604 A ...
's rise, he married his daughter to him. Upon his death, his son-in-law
Amshuverma
Amshuverma or Amshu Verma (595 CE - 621 CE; Devanagari: अंशुवर्मा) rose to the position of ''Mahasamanta'' (equivalent to prime minister) about 595 CE when King Sivadev I was ruling in the Licchavi (kingdom) of Nepal. By 604 A ...
succeeded him as the king.
References
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Licchavi kingdom
Nepalese monarchs
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
6th-century monarchs