Option b is the correct answer. The first matrimonial alliance with the Rajputs was established by Akbar with the house of Kachhwahas. The Kachhwahas were a Rajput clan that ruled over Amber (later Jaipur) and its surrounding regions in Rajasthan. Akbar married the daughter of Raja Bharmal of Amber, Hira Kunwari (also known as Mariam-uz-Zamani), in 1562. This was the first of many marriages that Akbar contracted with various Rajput princesses, as part of his policy of diplomacy and integration