Please answer the following question: Information: - Devavarman (or Devadharman) was a king of the Maurya Empire. He ruled in the period 202195 BCE. According to the Puranas, he was the successor of Shalishuka Maurya and reigned for seven years. He was succeeded by Shatadhanvan. - Shalishuka ( IAST : liuka ) Maurya was a ruler of the Indian Maurya dynasty . He ruled from 215 -- 202 BCE . He was the successor of Samprati Maurya . While Yuga Purana section of the Gargi Samhita mentions him as quarrelsome , unrighteous ruler , he is also called as being of '' righteous words '' but '' unrighteous conduct '' due to his patronage of Jainism . According to the Puranas he was succeeded by Devavarman . - The Maurya Empire was a geographically extensive Iron Age historical power founded by Chandragupta Maurya which dominated ancient India between and 185 BCE. Originating from the kingdom of Magadha in the Indo-Gangetic Plain in the eastern side of the Indian subcontinent, the empire had its capital city at Pataliputra (modern Patna). The empire was the largest to have ever existed in the Indian subcontinent, spanning over 5 million square kilometres at its zenith under Ashoka. - Samprati was an emperor of Maurya dynasty. He was the son of Ashoka's blind son, Kunala, and succeeded his cousin, Dasharatha, as emperor of the Maurya Empire. - Shatadhanvan or Shatadhanus was a king of the Maurya dynasty. He ruled from 195187 BCE. According to the Puranas, he was the successor of Devavarman Maurya and reigned for eight years. During his time, the empire lost some of its territories because of invasions. He was succeeded by Brihadratha Maurya. - Ashoka (died 232 BCE) was an ancient Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty who ruled almost all of the Indian subcontinent from to 232 BCE. One of India's greatest emperors, Ashoka reigned over a realm that stretched from the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan to the modern state of Bangladesh in the east. It covered the entire Indian subcontinent except parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala. The empire's capital was Pataliputra (in Magadha, present-day Patna), with provincial capitals at Taxila and Ujjain. After reading the paragraphs above, we are interested in knowing the entity with which 'shalishuka' exhibits the relationship of 'head of state'. Find the answer from the choices below. Choices: - king - magadha - maurya empire
Answer:
maurya empire