Rudrama Devi

Timeline

1. c. 1245–1262Warangal · Kakatiya dynastyRudrama was daughter of Sultan Ganapati Deva; with no suitable male heir, she received military and administrative training from childhood, preparing for future regency and succession.
2. 1263–1289Warangal · Kakatiya dynastyIn 1263 Rudrama was named heir and appeared in inscriptions and official documents under the male name Rudradeva, actually directing military and civil affairs. She quelled internal rebellions, repelled external enemies such as the Cholas, and maintained Kakatiya hegemony in the eastern Deccan, remaining a major South Asian regional power into the 1280s.