[INDOLOGY] First female sovereign

[Richard Salomon]

I seem to recall that there was an excursus on queens in traditional
India in O. von Hinueber's book on the Palola Shahis, but I don't have a
copy at hand.

Rich Salomon


On 11/2/2016 4:56 AM, Michael Slouber wrote:
> 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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