Women Administrators in Epigraphic Sources

This article attempts to re-read the narratives of political and administrative achievements of women and their contribution in early medieval India through inscriptional sources (AD 600–1200). It looks into the aspects like what contributions females made towards socio-economic and political developments when they were given a chance to hold the administration. Various rules of succession have also been commented upon. Their roles as independent rulers or as regents has been studied in several dimensions. This article has also tried to find through inscriptions the administrative efficiency of females working at various levels of administration, from a ruler to a governor or from a feudatory to holding the responsibility of a village head (wo)man. Important conclusions tend to justify as well as negate certain preconceived notions regarding this age (Dark Age) as well as regarding those female rulers who got lesser or no chance to get mentioned in the pages of history

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