Kanvayana shown with other petty kingdoms of that time, along with the large kingdoms of the Satavahanas & Indo-Scythians.
Capital
Pataliputra and Vidisha
Common languages
Sanskrit
Religion
Hinduism
Government
Monarchy
Emperor
• 73–64 BCE
Vasudeva Kanva (first)
• 38–28 BCE
Susarman (last)
History
• Established
73 BCE
• Disestablished
28 BCE
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Shunga dynasty
Satavahanas
Kushan Empire
Mitra dynasty (Kosambi)
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Palaeolithic (2,500,000–250,000 BC)
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The Kanva dynasty or Kanvavamsha was the sixth ruling dynasty of Magadha, established after Vasudeva Kanva overthrew the preceding Shunga dynasty and ruled from 73 BCE to 28 BCE.[1][2]
Although the Puranic literature indicates that the Kanvas ruled from the former capital of the Shungas in Pataliputra, Magadha in Eastern India, their coins are primarily found in and around the region of Vidisha in Central India,[3] which had also been the capital of later Shunga rulers.[4]
The Kanva dynasty was established by Vasudeva Kanva in 73 BCE. Vasudeva was initially a minister of the Shunga Emperor Devabhuti, who then assassinated the former emperor and usurped the throne.[5] The Kanva ruler allowed the kings of the Shunga dynasty to continue to rule in obscurity in a corner of their former dominions. There were four Kanva rulers. According to the Puranas, their dynasty was brought to an end by the Satavahanas in 28 BCE.[6][2]
^INDIAN HISTORY by Dr. Sanjeevkumar Tandle, Page 150
^ abRaychaudhuri 2006, p. 333.
^Bhandare, Shailendra. "Numismatics and History: The Maurya-Gupta Interlude in the Gangetic Plain." in Between the Empires: Society in India, 300 to 400, ed. Patrick Olivelle (2006), pp.91–92
^Bhandare (2006), pp.71, 79
^Radhey Shyam Chaurasia. History of Ancient India: Earliest Times to 1000 A. D. Atlantic Publishers & Dist, 2002 - India - 308 pages. p. 132.
^History of Ancient India By Rama Shankar Tripathi, Page 189
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