Question

What is said to be the original home of the Sungas?
A. Kalinga
B. Vidisha
C.Berar
D. Bharhut

Answer 1

Hint: Pushyamitra shunga was Brahman commander-in-chief of the last Maurya ruler. He was a supporter of orthodox Hinduism. His successor was agni mitra.agnimitra was a female protagonist in kalidasa's drama malavikagni Mitra .it was followed by some weak rulers such as Vidya Mitra ,devabhuti ,vasumitra and bhagabhadra.

Complete answer:
After the fall of Maurya empire, Dynasty was established by pushyamitra shunga.He was a Brahmin He ruled for 36 years and was succeeded by his son Agnimitra. It's capital was Patliputra. Court was held at Besnagar (modern Vidisha) in Eastern Malwa and it was done by Bhagavadra. His rule extended over the cities of Patliputra and Vidisha and over Jalandhar and Shakila which was considered as one of the most important centers because an archeological survey of India had discovered some of the remains of the capital inside the mountain fortress. He was a follower of Hinduism The empire included modern West Bengal, Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, South India Pandya Cheras and Cholas Modern Andhra Pradesh Pandya was tamilnadu and Karnataka, Cheras was Kerala.It is present day Madhya Pradesh.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: This dynasty contributed to art and architecture to a great level.The helped in the bringing development to the field of art.Some of the examples of sunga art are chaitya vihara chaitya. Bharuch was a famous monument made during the Sunga period .The last ruler of the Sunga dynasty was murdered and a new dynasty called the Kanva dynasty .Devbhuti’s minister was Vasudeva and the Kanva dynasty was founded by Vasudeva.