The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c11.s3.12

c11.s3.12

Hindu kingdoms under lady regents were usually well governed. An Anglo Indian officer of long standing had observed to J. S. Mill that if a Hindu principality was vigilantly and economically governed, if order was preserved without oppression, if cultivation was extending and people prosperous, in three cases out of four he found it to be under a woman's rule. This high praise would show that Hindu queen regents were not mere figure heads of government, but used to actively guide and supervise the state administration.