History · Emergence of Regional Kingdoms
UGC NET June 2012 History
Identify the dynasty to which Queen Rudramadevi belonged.
AChalukyas of Badami
BPandyas of Madurai
CKakatiyas of Warangal ✓ Correct
DEastern Chalukyas of Vengi
Correct answer: (C) Kakatiyas of Warangal — Queen Rudramadevi belonged to the Kakatiyas of Warangal, so that is the answer.
Explanation
★Queen Rudramadevi belonged to the Kakatiyas of Warangal, so that is the answer.
★The Kakatiyas were a South Indian dynasty that ruled much of the eastern Deccan in the twelfth to fourteenth centuries.
★Their capital was at Orugallu, the modern Warangal in Telangana.
★Rudramadevi was one of the few women to rule in her own right in medieval India.
★The traveller Marco Polo praised her just and capable rule.
★The Kakatiyas had earlier been feudatories of the Rashtrakutas and the Western Chalukyas.
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