Kakatiya Dynasty Position of Women | Dr.Raziya Parvin

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Kakatiya Dynasty Position of Women | Dr.Raziya Parvin
Andhradesa was politically dynamic during the Kakatiya rule. Declaring themselves as sovereigns of Andhra during the period of Rudradeva I, the Kakatiyas steadily extended control over almost entire Andhradesa by the time of Ganapatideva during the 13th century A.D. The most influential female monarch of the Kakatiya dynasty in the Deccan Plateau was Rani Rudrama Devi, who reigned around 1262 to 1289 CE. She jointly began her rule with her father Ganapatideva, as his co-regent, from 1261-62 and assumed full sovereignty in 1263. Unlike her Kakatiya predecessors, she chose to recruit as warriors many people who were not aristocratic, granting them rights over land tax revenue in return for their support. This was a significant change and one that was followed by her successor and also by the later Vijayanagara Empire. Her demise finally came in the hands of the Kayastha chieftain Ambadeva in 1289, after a valiant battle between the two. Though some sources claim, she did not die until 1295. Ganapamba was the younger sister of Queen Rudramba of Warangal, though not as famous as her sister, she deserves to be remembered as one of the few Andhra women who actually wielded the scepter and governed a kingdom in her own right. Ganapamba was a wise and enlightened ruler, and under her motherly care the people of 6000 fiefs enjoyed peace and order.