Founded when the minister Vasudeva Kanva overthrew the last Shunga emperor Devabhuti in 73 BCE; a short four-king dynasty ruling Magadha and central India.
Ended c. 28 BCE when the Satavahanas (per Puranic tradition) overthrew the last Kanva king Susarman, though the takeover's precise mechanics are thinly sourced.
John Keay's acclaimed single-volume history of India places this dynasty within the sweep of the subcontinent's past.