Report No. 66

3.24. Hindu women in administration.-

In the field of administration, Hindu women produced some notable figures during this period. There was Rudramba, the Kakateya queen1, of whom Marco Polo (1254-1324 A.D.) speaks. The Mahratta heroine Tarabai (1700-1707 A.D.) was the life and soul of Mahratta resistance during the last determined on slaught of Aurangzeb2. The benign rule of Mangammal is still a green memory in the South3. Mention must be made in this context of Ahalyabai Holkar4, who was a lady with great administrative genius.

1. K.M. Panikkar The Middle Period in Baig (Ed.) Women of India, (1958), pp. 9, 10, 11.

2. K.M. Panikkar The Middle Period in Baig (Ed.) Women of India, (1958), pp. 9, 10, 11.

3. K.M. Panikkar The Middle Period in Baig (Ed.) Women of India, (1958), pp. 9, 10, 11.

4. K.M. Panikkar The Middle Period in Baig (Ed.) Women of India, (1958), pp. 9, 10, 11.