Shivadeva I (also spelled Sivadeva) was a king of the Licchavi dynasty who ruled Nepal from around 590 to 605 C.E.
Political life
In 598 C.E, a feudal lord,
Amshuverma, 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's rise, he married his daughter to him. Upon his death, his son-in-law
Amshuverma succeeded him as the king.
