[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938) › c19.s1.107 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.107 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.107 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.107) Satī custom, effect of, on child marriage, 71; causes of, 135-7; prevalence of, elsewhere, 136; not in Vedic and epic periods, 138-40, 409, 411; early references to, 141; epics and Purāṇas, 141-2; during 300 B. C. to 400 A. D., 142-3; opposition to, 145-7, 165; and Scythian influence, 147; supported by later Smṛitis, 147-8; in Kashmir, 149; not followed by Brahmanas in the beginning, 151; in northern India, 152-3; in Karnatak, 153 and south India, 154, 163; in Rajputana, 154; among the Sikhs, 154-5, and Marathas, 155; attitude of Muslim government to, 155-6; Satī procedure, 156-8; was force exercised on widows? 158-62; made illegal in British India and Indian states, 166-7; see also 426, 432-3. - [Previous: c19.s1.106](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.106) - [Next: c19.s1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.108) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.107) · Pramāṇa