[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.s1.136 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.136 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.136 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.136) Wages and Strīdhana, 263, 277. Weber on female infanticide, 8. Western civilisation and women: husband's right to beat the wife, 111-2; to sell her, 252-3; to demand obedience, 110; custom of levirate, 168-9; custom of seclusion, 209-11; preaching prohibited to women, 247; proprietary rights not recognised, 252-3, 276; tutelage theory, 398-401, 407. Widow, dress of, 355-6; general condition of, 134, 168, 191-5; not an heir to husband in early times: why, 299-301; allowed maintenance only, 301-2; recognised as an heir by some at \*c.\* 200 A. D., p. 303; opposition to this step, 303-4; compromise proposals, 304-5; her champions' arguments, 305-7; an heir in the Deccan first, p. 308, and then in northern India, 309-10; an heir under Dāyabhāga even in an undivided family, 310-2; not so under Mitāksharā, 311-2; now an heir even in undivided families, 322-3; her powers over her inheritance, 313-322. For widows and Satī, tonsure, levirate and remarriage, see under Satī, Tonsure, Niyoga and Remarriage respectively. - [Previous: c19.s1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.135) - [Next: c19.s1.137](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.137) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.136) · Pramāṇa