Devabhuti (), also known as Devbhomi', was the last king of the Shunga Empire in ancient India. He was assassinated by his minister

Vasudeva Kanva Vasudeva Kanva () was the founder of the Kanva dynasty. He was originally an Amatya (minister) of last Shunga ruler Devabhuti. Vasudeva killed the last Shunga ruler and established Kanva dynasty. Bana's Harshacharita informs us that he came to p ...

. Following his death, the Shunga dynasty was then replaced by the subsequent

Kanvas Kanva (Sanskrit: कण्व '), also called Karnesh, was an ancient Hindu rishi of the ''Treta Yuga'', to whom some of the hymns of the ''Rig Veda'' are ascribed. He was one of the Angirasas. He has been called a son of Ghora, but this lineag ...

Reign

The later Shunga kings after Pushyamitra Shunga, had little power and were puppets in the hands of their ministers. According to Bana's Harshacharita, he was killed by his Chief minister

with help of the daughter of a servant woman of Devabhuti, who disguised herself as his queen. He is said to have been overfond of the company of women & overindulging in sensual pleasures.

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* *"Dictionary of Buddhism" by Damien Keown (Oxford University Press, 2003) * *"Aśoka and the decline of the Mauryas" Romila Thaper (London 1961). *"The Yuga Purana", John E. Mitchiner,

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