[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.s1.130 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.130 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.130 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.130) Teaching and women, 15, 41. Temples and singing girls, 213-7. Tonsure of widows, unknown in early times, 188-9; when and why introduced, 22, 189-91; now disappearing, 191; see also 411, 413. Tutelage of women, origin of the theory, 394-5; its meaning, 395-6; how far real, 396-8, 427; in the West, 398-401. - [Previous: c19.s1.129](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.129) - [Next: c19.s1.131](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.131) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.130](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.130) · Pramāṇa