Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahabharata: Upayana Parva c5.88

Geographical and Economic Studies in the Mahābhārata: Upāyana Parva c5.88

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c5.88

The origin of the Śuṅgas is obscure, the word Śuṅga which denotes fig tree may perhaps be tribal. According to Pāṇini (IV, I, 117) they claimed to be the descendants of Bharadvāja, the Purohita of Divodāsa, the king of Titsus. They probably lived in the countries which under the Mauryan Empire were included in the viceroyalty of Ujjain.⁵⁷

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Aṣṭādhyāyī — Pāṇini, Sanskrit