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@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@wwu.edu> 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

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Department of Liberal Studies
Western Washington University

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