Sugandha was the Queen

Queen consort

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 and Regent

Regent

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 of Kashmir

Kashmir

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 during the 10th century. At this time, two opposing military factions were vying for ascendancy in Kashmir: the Ekangas and the Tantrins, a wild, ungovernable, and unpredictable clan. Queen Sugandha allied herself with the Ekangas in order to maintain her control of Kashmir as a whole. In a 914 clash between the two factions

Political faction

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, Queen Sugandha’s forces were defeated, leaving the Tantrins in complete control. Queen Sugandha was deposed

Deposition (politics)

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, and none of the succeeding rulers was able to assert his authority over the Tantrins.