Public Administration in Ancient India c10.30

c10.30

The succession was limited to males, and as a consequence, the history of Āryan India does not furnish us with many names of female sovereigns. Almost the only instances of reigning queens come to us from Kasmir and Ceylon. Diddā of Kasmir ² and Līlāvatī of Ceylon ³ were practically the only female rulers who occupied any places in Indian history. Both of them were widows of kings, and it was the unsettled condition of the times which raised them to their royal positions.