The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.308
The Cambridge History of India, Vol. III: Turks and Afghans v3.c20.308
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Shankar Deo, the eldest son of Rāmachandra, had for some time been a suitor for the hand of Deval Devī, but Karan’s Rājput pride would not consent to his daughter’s union with one whom he stigmatised as a Marāthā¹. Shankar took advantage of Karan’s difficulties to renew his suit, and sent his younger brother Bhīm Deo with an escort to convey Deval Devī to Deogīr. Karan could not but prefer for his daughter an alliance with the Yādava prince to captivity with the unclean foreigners, and surrendered her to Bhīm Deo, who carried her off towards Deogīr.