[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937) › c10.s3.55 # History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c10.s3.55 History of Kanauj to the Moslem Conquest c10.s3.55 - **Language:** English ### [c10.s3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c10.s3.55) ² \*Ibid.\*, pp. 240-41. It would thus appear that the custom of \*Satī\* or voluntary self-immolation of widows was then known. Bāṇa also describes Queen Yaśovatī as becoming a \*Satī\*, despite Harṣa’s dissuasion against her resolve to “die while still unwidowed” (\*Ibid.\*, pp. 149-155). - [Previous: c10.s3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c10.s3.54) - [Next: c10.s3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c10.s3.56) - [Up: c10.s3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c10.s3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c10.s3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.tripathi-1937.c10.s3.55) · Pramāṇa