The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c26.174
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⁷ Nearch. Frag. 7 = Strabo xv, C. 716. This may refer to the Kshatriya institution of *svayaṃvara* or 'self-choice.' A princess chose her husband from among the assembled suitors of her own free will or as the result of a contest in the use of war-like arms.