Devabhuti (), also known as Devbhomi, was the last Shunga Emperor in ancient India. He was assassinated by his minister Vasudeva Kanva. Following his death, the Shunga dynasty was then replaced by the subsequent Kanvas.

Reign

The later Shunga Emperors after

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, had little power and were puppets in the hands of their ministers. According to Bana's ''

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'', he was assassinated by his prime minister Vasudeva Kanva with help of the daughter of a

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woman of Devabhuti, who disguised herself as his empress. He is said to have been overly fond of the company of women and to have been overindulgent 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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