Who is the first woman monarch in India?

If you said Jhansi Rani Lakshmi Bai, try again. Although, a solid percentage of randomly polled people said that. If you said Rani Mangammal or Rani Velu Naachiyaar, it still isn't the right answer  - but you certainly deserve an applause for knowing these terrific queens. If you said Razia Sultana, I would disagree - although the topmost search results in Google for the above question points to her. If you said Rani Rudramma Devi, I am impressed of your knowledge of the Kakatiyas - we would do a podcast on her some day, she has a very interesting history too. Nevertheless, you have to try harder.

Welcome to Masala History by Siva. We are celebrating International Women's day this week and March 2021 is Women's History Month -  and let's do that by knowing a little more about India's first woman ruler. Until some historical seals were discovered a couple of years ago near Nagpur, her reign was largely underrated and forgotten. And to learn more about her, we will travel 1600 years back, to the golden age of India - the times of the Gupta empire.

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