Enthroned Ardoxsho facing; Nagari legend Sri-SuGaNdha across field / King standing, Nagari legend DeVya right. 21mm, 5.04 grams. Mitchiner NIS 161-163.

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Queen Sugandha (fl. 883 – 914) was the fifth ruler of Kashmir. She was the Queen Consort of Kashmir from 885 to 902 by marriage to Sankaravarman, the King of Kashmir. She served as Queen Regent of Kashmir during the minority of her son king Gopalavarman between 902 and 904. She was declared monarch in her own right in 904 as Sri Sugandha Deva, Queen of Kashmir, when all successors to the throne has died. She was dethroned by the Tantrins in 906 and they installed Partha as monarch. Sugandha continued to claim the throne of Kashmir and retreated to live in Haskapura (present-day Ushkur, Baramulla). In 914 she went to war against Partha and the Tantrins, but was imprisoned and later killed in a Buddhist monastery called Nispalaka Vihara.