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2011
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UPSC LevelID: ANC_HIS_PMPG_2011_43 Ref: History of Ancient India by RS Sharma
The writer of Mahabhashya 'Patanjali' was contemporary of-
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Patanjali, the author of the Mahabhashya, was a contemporary of Pushyamitra Shunga, the founder of the Shunga dynasty. His writings provide crucial evidence for Shunga military campaigns in the 2nd century BCE.