Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s1.t6.1

c7.s1.t6.1

When there was no heir to the king, who could succeed to the throne, sometimes, though very rarely his daughter succeeded him. The *Mahānisīha* alludes to a widowed daughter of a king, who, in order to save her family from blasphemy, wanted to commit Suttee. But since this custom was not prevalent in the family of the king, he stopped her from doing so. After some time the king died heirless and his widowed daughter was established on the throne.²²