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Charumati

Charumati, sometimes called Charumitra, was a daughter of Indian Maurya Emperor Ashoka and the adopted daughter of his wife, Empress Asandhimitra. She was trained in nursing by her. She was married to a Nepalese prince, Devapala Kshatriya, in Kathmandu. She is credited to have founded the monastery of Chabahil, which is one of the oldest Buddhist monasteries of Nepal. She is believed to have taken care of her father in his last years of life and accompanied him on his Buddhist pilgrimage, along with Upagupta.

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