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|name=Tribhuvana Mahadevi I | |name=Tribhuvana Mahadevi I | ||
|title=Paramavaishnavi, Katyayani | |title=Paramavaishnavi, Katyayani | ||
|reign= | |reign=845-850 AD<ref> | ||
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|predecessor=Shubhakara-deva III | |predecessor=Shubhakara-deva III | ||
|successor=Santikara Deva II (Grandson) | |successor=Santikara Deva II (Grandson) | ||
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According to the charters issued by her and her descendants she is credited to have ensured an effective administration of the kingdom and prosperity of the people. Talcher plate of Subhakara IV states that during her rule the country advanced in administration, enemies were destroyed, the glory of the kingdom spread abroad and the people lived in harmony. She paid special attention in appointment of responsible and honest royal officials and the vassals of the kingdom stayed loyal to her supremacy. She exerted Mrudukara (light taxation) on her people. Her Dhenkanal charter talks about how Bhaumas exhausted treasures of their vast empire on religious works in order to enlighten their own country and others, and decorated the earth by constructing in unbroken continuity, various mathas, monasteries and temples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/128809/11/11_chapter%206.pdf|title=POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE BHAUMA-KARAS|website=www.shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in|pages=116, 126–127|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> | According to the charters issued by her and her descendants she is credited to have ensured an effective administration of the kingdom and prosperity of the people. Talcher plate of Subhakara IV states that during her rule the country advanced in administration, enemies were destroyed, the glory of the kingdom spread abroad and the people lived in harmony. She paid special attention in appointment of responsible and honest royal officials and the vassals of the kingdom stayed loyal to her supremacy. She exerted Mrudukara (light taxation) on her people. Her Dhenkanal charter talks about how Bhaumas exhausted treasures of their vast empire on religious works in order to enlighten their own country and others, and decorated the earth by constructing in unbroken continuity, various mathas, monasteries and temples.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/128809/11/11_chapter%206.pdf|title=POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE BHAUMA-KARAS|website=www.shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in|pages=116, 126–127|access-date=13 March 2018}}</ref> | ||
During her rule and as evident from her grants and charter issued during her rule, she patronized Vaishnavism, [[Shaivism]] and [[Shaktism]] while the existence of the Jain and Buddhist ideologies in the kingdom remained uninfluenced by any kind of threat. Women in the kingdom were educated and able exert special powers and administrative rights for issuing land grants and charters.<ref>{{Cite book|title=History of Orissa, By Dr. Purnachandra Das|publisher=Kalyani Publishers|year=2004|isbn=81-272-1367-5|location=New Delhi-110 002|pages=28–30}}</ref> She was able to suppress internal rebellions and expel the enemy forces of the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakutas]] and Palas with the help of her father securing the kingdom from any external threats. She commanded a standing army of 3,00,000 men and women were also believed to have indulged in military affairs. She restored stability to the kingdom after a long era of chaos and disorder initiating a golden era of stability, economic prosperity and cultural growth.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NRksa_4MlhYC& | During her rule and as evident from her grants and charter issued during her rule, she patronized Vaishnavism, [[Shaivism]] and [[Shaktism]] while the existence of the Jain and Buddhist ideologies in the kingdom remained uninfluenced by any kind of threat. Women in the kingdom were educated and able exert special powers and administrative rights for issuing land grants and charters.<ref>{{Cite book|title=History of Orissa, By Dr. Purnachandra Das|publisher=Kalyani Publishers|year=2004|isbn=81-272-1367-5|location=New Delhi-110 002|pages=28–30}}</ref> She was able to suppress internal rebellions and expel the enemy forces of the [[Rashtrakuta dynasty|Rashtrakutas]] and Palas with the help of her father securing the kingdom from any external threats. She commanded a standing army of 3,00,000 men and women were also believed to have indulged in military affairs. She restored stability to the kingdom after a long era of chaos and disorder initiating a golden era of stability, economic prosperity and cultural growth.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NRksa_4MlhYC&q=Bhauma+queen+Tribhuvana+Mahadevi+as+the+goddess+Katyayani&pg=PA135|title=Woman Ruler: Woman Rule|publisher=iUniverse.com,Inc.|year=2001|isbn=1-58348-394-2|location=United States of America|pages=127–137}}</ref> She served as an example for a line of another six descendant female rulers who ruled in the Bhaumakara kingdom in their own rights despite the availability of heirs and two of which even adopted her royal epithet as Tribhuvana Mahadevi. | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:9th-century Indian women]] | [[Category:9th-century Indian women]] | ||
[[Category:9th-century Indian people]] | [[Category:9th-century Indian people]] | ||
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