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"A religious king named Ratnasen ruled in a city called Ratnasthala. Ratnasen, the best amang men, had only one son. His name was Ratnadatt. Ratnadatt was handsome, polite, sweet in speech and clever in all arts. When he became of marriage-able age, king Ratnasena ordered his ministers :
"Ministers Go to other countries and find out a beautiful, virtuous and educated princess befitting Ratnadatt."
On receiving the orders of the king, a batch of sixteen ministers each started for going in all the four directions, with the photograph of the prince and his horoscope. The ministers who went to the east, west and south directions failed to find out a suitable princess. They therefore returned without success. The sixteen ministers who had gone to the north reached a city named Chandrastha on the
