The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c15.2

c15.2

A detailed study of the dress and ornaments worn by Hindu women of different classes age by age would be out of place in this work, which discusses their position in society mainly from the sociological point of view. It would require a separate volume, profusely illustrated. We propose to treat the subject here only in its broad outlines, so that the reader may get a general idea about it. In a book which professes to discuss the position of women in an exhaustive manner, a chapter on their dress and ornaments is perhaps indispensable.