Serves as viceroy at Ujjain
· Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
Wikimedia Commons · Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 · file Sri Lankan tradition places Ashoka at Ujjain as viceroy before his accession. He departed the city for Pataliputra when Bindusara became ill. The viceroyalty began earlier; 268 BCE is an approximate accession-year date for Ashoka's departure from Ujjain.
