Abstract
The historiographical literature of medieval India poses relative silence on
mentioning of roles played by women in history. These sources, to a large extent,
present a picture of male-dominance not only in the administrative realm but in
sphere encompassing human abilities. Therefore, the present research will try to
examine the historiographical texts in order to find mentions and names of women
in the political history of medieval India i.e. from thirteenth century to the time of
Emperor Jahangir. The main aim of this research is to break the myth around
female participation and their ‘perceived’ roles in society as well as history by
providing short life accounts of the mentioned women in the court histories of
medieval India during the mentioned time frame
Farzana Arshad. (2022) Exposition of Women in the Historiographical Sources of Medieval India, Journal of the Punjab University Historical Society, volume 35, issue 1.
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