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os wives, Revati was the head-wife. Mahashatak's other wives also 4%
os belonged to respectable well-to-do families. Revati had got eighty +
a million gold coins and eight gokuls of ten thousand cows each in k
ee her marriage as her Stri-dhan. The twelve wives had got ten &
ic) million gold coins each and one gokul each consisting of ten &
ro thousand cows in their marriage from their parents. It appears é
2 that in those days the parentsof rich families used to give their
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s used to remain in the personal ownership of the women as per the ?
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