The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c13.14

c13.14

Let us now consider the proprietary rights of the wife, *vis-a-vis* her husband. The theory approved by the Hindu culture as early as the Vedic age was that the husband and the wife should be the joint owners of the household and its property. The husband was required to take a solemn vow at the marriage that he would never transgress the rights and interests of his wife in economic matters.