History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v4.c63.t2.32

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¹²⁹⁴ It may be noted that the question of the adoption of the daughter's son cropped up even in the times of the Peshwas. In 'Selections from Peshwa's Records' vol. 43 No. 146 pp. 116-117 the opinion of Rāmśāstri, the Chief Justice of the Peshwa's court, is sought on the adoption of a daughter's son from the Ratnagiri District. The Pṛthvīrāja Rāsau states that the famous Chohan hero Pṛthvīrāja had been adopted by his maternal grand-father Anaṅgapāla of the Tomara dynasty of Delhi. But modern historians say that this is imaginary (vide 'History of Medieval India' by Prof. Ishwari Prasad p. 9 n.).