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²² P 30. It is stated in the *Jātakas* "infamous is the land which owns a woman's sway and rule, and infamous are the men who yield themselves to women's dominion" (*Kandina Jātaka*, I, No. 13, p 155), but sometimes we come across examples when women wielded the actual sovereignty On Udaya's death no king was set up and we are told the commands of his widow Udayabhaddā were promulgated (*Udaya Jātaka* No. 458, IV, p. 105).