Women Who Ruled India
‘People say that I am a quarrelsome woman...’ TARABAI, MARATHA QUEEN (1675–1761)
The history of India, more often than not, is a history of the men who were in charge. Largely forgotten are the women who, even centuries earlier, shaped the fates of entire kingdoms.
In The Women Who Ruled India, writer and researcher Archana Garodia Gupta revives 20 such powerful figures from the archives, offering...
‘People say that I am a quarrelsome woman...’ TARABAI, MARATHA QUEEN (1675–1761)
The history of India, more often than not, is a history of the men who were in charge. Largely forgotten are the women who, even centuries earlier, shaped the fates of entire kingdoms.
In The Women Who Ruled India, writer and researcher Archana Garodia Gupta revives 20 such powerful figures from the archives, offering...
