Sugandha

Sugandha
Sri Sugandha Deva
Coinage of Queen Sugandha. 'Sri Sugandha Deva' is written in Sharada script.
Queen Regnant of Kashmir
Reign	904 – 906
Predecessor	Sankata
Successor	Partha
Queen Regent of Kashmir
Tenure	902 – 904
Monarch	Gopalavarman
Queen Consort of Kashmir
Tenure	883 – 902
Monarch	Sankaravarman
Died	914 CE Nispalaka Vihara
Spouse	Sankaravarman
Issue	Gopalavarman
House	Utpala dynasty
Father	Svamiraja
Religion	Shaivism

Sugandha (fl. 883 – 914) was the fifth ruler of Kashmir in the northern Indian subcontinent during the 10th century.

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.