History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c11.238

c11.238

² Such diplomatic marriages after a trial of strength were not unknown in ancient India. For instance, we are told that Seleukos Nikator ratified the peace with Candragupta Maurya by a "matrimonial alliance," although the expression used does not justify the current assumption that Seleukos "gave his daughter in marriage" to his Indian rival (see also Smith's Aśoka, 3rd ed., p. 15 and note).