The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day
Education, marriage, divorce, widowhood, satī, niyoga, purdah, property rights, women in public life and religion, period by period.
- Language
- English
- Author
- A. S. Altekar
- Extent
- 1,746 passages, 123,721 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- archive.org · 1st ed., Benares: Culture Publication House 1938; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.8 Flash; chapters and… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (A. S. Altekar †1960)
Contents
- c1 Front matter — 7 parts
- c2 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation — 14 parts
- c3 Preface — 8 parts
- c4 Abbreviations and Transliteration — 36 parts
- c5 Contents — 39 parts
- c6 List of Plates — 86 parts
- c7 Chapter II. Marriage and Divorce — 8 parts
- c8 Chapter III. Married Life — 109 parts
- c9 Chapter IV. The Position of the Widow, Part I. The Satī Custom — 93 parts
- c10 Chapter V. Position of the Widow, Part II: Levirate, Remarriage, Tonsure, etc. — 5 parts
- c11 Chapter VI. Women and Public Life — 4 parts
- c12 Chapter VII. Women and Religion — 56 parts
- c13 Chapter VIII. Proprietary Rights during Coverture — 90 parts
- c14 Chapter IX. Proprietary Rights: Inheritance and Partition — 5 parts
- c15 Chapter X. Dress and Ornaments — 3 parts
- c16 Chapter XI. General Attitude towards Women — 111 parts
- c17 Chapter XII. Retrospect and Prospect — 17 parts
- c18 Bibliography — 60 parts
- c19 Indices — 3 parts
- c20 Addenda and Errata — 43 parts