[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.

[5] The Kanva ruler allowed the kings of the Shunga dynasty to continue to rule in obscurity in a corner of their former dominions.

Coins bearing the legend Bhumimitra have been discovered from Panchala realm.

Copper coins with the legend "Kanvasya" have also been found from Vidisha, as well as Kaushambi in the Vatsa realm.

[11][12] After the defeat at the hands of Satavahanas and the fall of the Kanva dynasty, the Magadha empire came to an end.