Heo Hwang-ok

Heo Hwang-ok was a princess who is believed to have travelled from the ancient kingdom of "Ayodhya" to Korea; however her source is still a matter of ongoing research. Information about her comes almost entirely from a few short passages in the Samguk Yusa, an 11th-century Korean chronicle. According to that chronicle, she arrived on a boat and married King Suro of Gaya in the year 48 CE. She was the first queen of Geumgwan Gaya, and is considered an ancestor by several Korean lineages.