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Mahadeva (Buddhism), founder of the Caitika school of Indian Buddhism or a literary figure associated with 5 points of contention in some Theravada works •
Mahadeva (Kakatiya dynasty), 12th-century ruler of India •
Mahadeva of Devagiri, a 13th-century ruler of the Yadava dynasty of India •
Mahadeva (undertaker), a recipient of the Chief Minister's gold medal from the city of Bangalore, India •
Mahadeva Iyer Ganapati (1903–1976), Indian engineer •
Arunachalam Mahadeva (1885–1969), Ceylon Tamil lawyer, politician and diplomat •
Baku Mahadeva (1921–2013), Sri Lankan Tamil civil servant •
Devanur Mahadeva (born 1948), Indian writer and public intellectual •
Kumar Mahadeva, Sri Lankan American businessman •
S. Mahadeva (1893–?), Ceylon Tamil civil engineer •
Mahadeva Subramania Mani (1908–2003), Indian entomologist ==Places==