History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c18.s1.t3.45

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(c) Kumāradevī, daughter of Devarakṣita, king of Pīthi or Pīthikā of the Cikkora clan, who had married Śankaradevī, daughter of the Aṅga ruler Mahana of the Rāṣṭrakūṭa family. The Sarnath inscription records that Kumāradevī restored the "Lord of the Turning of the Wheel" (Dharmacakra-Jina) in accordance with the form in which it existed in the time of Dharmāśoka, the ruler of men². The marriage of Kumāradevī, a Buddhist, with an orthodox Hindu like Govindacandra proves that matrimonial alliances between Buddhists and Brahmanists were possible at this time, although such instances must have been rare.