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Rani Abbakka Chowta was the first Tuluva Queen of Ullal who fought the Portuguese in the latter half of the 16th century. She belonged to the Chowta dynasty, an indigenous Tuluva dynasty who ruled over parts of coastal Karnataka , India. Their capital was Puttige. [Note 1] The port town of Ullal served as their subsidiary capital. The ...
The Rig Veda and Upanishads mention several women sages and seers, notably Gargi Vachaknavi and Maitreyi (c. 7th century BCE). [5] Originally, women were allowed to undergo initiation and study the Vedas. In the Dharmasutra of Hathras, it is mentioned that: In Mahabharata, the story of Draupadi's marriage to 5 men is a case in point.
The Ullal branch seems to have become extinct and c. 1603, the Chowta moved their capital to Moodabidri. In succeeding years Chowta power had greatly diminished due to invasions by Hyder Ali and Tipu Sultan with whom they signed treaties and also had to give up most of their territory. Chandrasekhara Chikkaraya Chowta V was the last Chowta king ...
The status of women in India has been subject to many great changes over the past few millennia. With a decline in their status from the ancient to medieval times ...
The popular Ullal Bridge, Mangalore Ullal – Thokottu Road, Mangalore Ullal highrise buildings, Mangalore. This town was the subsidiary capital of the Chowta rulers and was ruled by Jain Queen, Abbakka Chowta in the middle of the 16th century. Abbakka Chowta of Ullal can perhaps be proclaimed the first promoter of women's liberation. A regular ...
Women across economic groups in colonial era, for example, wore a single piece of cloth in hot and humid Bengal. [121] It was called Kapod by poorer women, while the more ornate version of the same was called a Saree. [121] The material and cost varied, but nature was the same across income and social groups (caste/class) of Hindu women. [121]
Dalit women's testimonios have been recognized for challenging selective memory and univocal history, both in the Dalit and women's movements. These narratives function as expressions of protest, resistance, and identity formation, asserting the subjectivity of marginalized individuals and communities.
The Rajput ceremony of Jauhar, 1567, as depicted by Ambrose Dudley in Hutchinsons History of the Nations, c.1910. Jauhar, sometimes spelled Jowhar or Juhar, [1] [2] was a Hindu Rajput practice of mass self-immolation by women and girls [3] in the Indian subcontinent to avoid capture, enslavement, [4] and rape when facing certain defeat during a war.