Question

Some exceptional rule: women in polities or administration

02 Jul 2026
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Word Count : 273
Although early Indian society was largely patriarchal, literary, epigraphic, and foreign accounts indicate that a few women exercised significant political and administrative authority between the earliest times and c. 300 CE. These exceptional cases demonstrate that women could participate in governance under specific dynastic, familial, or regional circumstances. The Buddhist texts refer to queens who advised rulers and occasionally acted as regents during the minority of princes. The Mahabharata presents influential
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