Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c9.s2.2
Elements of South-Indian Palæography, from the Fourth to the Seventeenth Century A.D. c9.s2.2
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c9.s2.2
1. Memorials of Suttee. The practice of widows burning themselves with their deceased husband's corpse has never been common in S. India. Records of this kind are only to be found in the Telugu-Canarese country in the South; in the North (in Gujarat, *e. g.*) they are more common.