[INDOLOGY] First female sovereign

[Jesse Knutson]

Also the tenth-century ruler of Kashmir Diddā. (Interestingly she often
referred to herself in the masculine, and I believe the Kākatiya queen
mentioned did so too.)Not sure if she is the very first though. Best,J

On Nov 1, 2016 8:59 AM, "Nagaraj Paturi" <nagarajpaturi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Rudrama Devi of Kakatiya Dynasty is from the same 13th Century.
>
> On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:26 PM, Michael Slouber <Michael.Slouber at wwu.edu>
> wrote:
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>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> Who was the first female sovereign in India?  I know about Razia Sultana
>> in the 13th century, but were there any earlier?  Has there been any more
>> recent research on Razia since Rafiq Zakaria’s 1966 book?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Michael
>>
>> ––
>> Michael Slouber
>> Assistant Professor of South Asia
>> Department of Liberal Studies
>> Western Washington University
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