Chandragupta Maurya and His Times c4.54

c4.54

It may, however, be noted that the *Pariśishtaparvan* [VIII. 320] relates the story that while the deposed Nanda king was allowed by Chāṇakya to leave Pāṭaliputra with all the luggage that could be accommodated in a single chariot, he had with him two wives and one daughter who fell in love with Chandragupta at first sight and was permitted by her father Nanda to marry him, "because it is customary for *Kshatriya* girls to marry according to their choice" (*Prāyaḥ Kshatriya-kanyānāṁ śasyate hi svayamvaraḥ*). This seems to imply that Nanda was still claiming that he was a Kshatriya.