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Rajyashri

Rajyashri was an Indian princess of the Pushyabhuti dynasty of Thanesar, daughter of Prabhakaravardhana and sister of Rajyavardhana and Harsha. Married to the Maukhari king Grahavarman of Kannauj, she was imprisoned after he was killed around 606 but escaped; according to Bana's Harshacharita, Harsha found her in the Vindhya forest as she was about to enter a fire. She later became a follower of Buddhism.

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