He had two well-known sons, Sushumna and Ashoka. Chandraguptas legacy of expanding the kingdom was taken over by his son Bindusara who spread the Kingdom to the southern part of India. The story of Sushumnas assassination by his half-brother, Ashoka, is a story from one of the largest empire in Indian history, The Mauryan Empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya in 321 BC. A conspiracy to assassinate Razia was hatched by the forty and she was killed in 1240 AD. Resentment against her reached its peak when she promoted some non Turkish officers, Jamal-ud-din Yakut being the closest to her.

Razia proved herself to be an able ruler and dealt with all the politics happening against her. Clad in a red dress, Razia addressed the public with a soul stirring speech and she was made the Sultan by public consent but the forty were not ready to be dictated by a woman. A number of conspiracies were planned to eliminate Razia from the line of power but fate had some other plans and she was saved. His decision was opposed by Razias step mother Shah Turkan and a group of nobles, created by Iltutmish, called the Turkan-e-Chhelgani or The Forty.

She was Iltutmishs choice as his successor since his other sons were incapable. Razia developed a wonderful capacity of leadership qualities, responsibilities and bravery as her characteristics. She was the beloved daughter of Sultan Iltutmish who grew up to be an astute, heroic and an incredible combatant. This woman making to the pages of history was Razia Sultan.

At the turn of the 13th century, when the Delhi Sultanate was in power, the emergence of the only woman Muslim ruler of India proved to be an important milestone in the history.

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