The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c29.30

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Two famous cities in frontier countries have a traditional claim to Açoka as founder. The former is Çrīnagar, the capital of Kashmīr, embracing the site of the old Çrīnagarī, which is connected with his name⁴. In Nepāl the ancient city of Deo-Pātan (Deva-pattana) and the adjacent village of Chabāhil are associated with a visit of Açoka accompanied by a daughter Chārumatī and her Kshatriya husband Devapāla⁵. The two latter are said to have remained in the country and to have built respectively a nunnery and a monastery, the latter left unfinished by its founder. The legend—for such it is—derives some support from the archaic style of the four neighbouring *stūpas* ascribed to Açoka.