MPPSC 2018 General Studies Solved Paper-1

(C) The ancestors of Shungasoriginated from Ujjain. There are both literary andarchaeological evidences which show that the ancestors of Shungas originated from Ujjainand ruled over it. The Shungasruled over Magadha after the fall of Mauryas. Pushyamitra Shunga established Shunga rule in Magadha. It is believed that he was the viceroy of Ujjain under the Mauryans.