Deva dynasty (Saketa)
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The Deva dynasty of Saketa, was a dynasty of kings who ruled in the area of the city of Ayodhya, Kosala, in India from the 2nd century BC until the end of 1st century BC.[1][2]
The dynasty is thought to have started with Muladeva, who was a vassal in Saketa of Shunga Empire ruler Pushyamitra:[1]
Pushyamitra
1 Muladeva (Pushyamitra vassal at Saketa)
2 Mitradeva
3 Vayu-deva
4 Phalgudeva
5 Dhanadeva
6 Visakhadeva
The Dhanadeva-Ayodhya inscription from the 1st century BC, clarified that the Deva dynasty was probably a line of vassals to the founder of the Sunga Empire Pushyamitra Sunga.[1] These kings are otherwise known from their copper coinage.[3][4]
The Deva dynasty was replaced by the Datta dynasty at the end of the 1st century BC, which itself was replaced by the Mitra dynasty in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, which also ruled in Mathura.[1]
It is thought that the Indo-Scythian Northern Satraps ultimately replaced these local kings, until the advent of the Kushan Empire.
