[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.s1.37 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.37 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.37 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.37) \*Dahara\*, 62, 352. \*Daiva\* marriage, 53-4. Dancing, as a subject of study, 17. Dancing girls, 214-7. Daughter, less welcome than sons, 3-4; anxiety for the birth of, 4; almost equal to a son, 280-1; causes of greater unpopularity of, 5-7, 408; tendency to deprecate, condemned, 7-8; infanticide of, 8-10; general solicitude for, 10-1; functions in parents' house of, 17; marriage age of, see under Age of marriage; proprietary rights of: when without brothers, can inherit patrimony, 280-5; when with brothers and unmarried, an heir to patrimony in Vedic age, 286; share to a married daughter with brothers allowed only by Śukra, 288, but by no others, 287-90; extent of marriage portion allowed to, 290-2; should we allow a share now? 293-9. Daughter-in-law, treatment of, 106-9; property rights of, 325-7. Death duties, 310. Desertion of wives, 103-4, 296. Dharma on social reform, 446-8. Dīrghatamas on women's marriage, 39. Discipline, for women students, 236-8; for nuns, 247-8. Divorce, once permitted, 98-101, 411; later prohibited, 101-2; should it be now made legal? 102-5, 442-3, 467; in England, 102-104. Dowry system, 82-5. Dramas, 17, 214. \*Drāpi\*, 334, 351. Dravidian dress, 342-4. Dress, in Vedic and epic times, 324-6; as disclosed by literature, 336-8; causes of insufficient dress in sculptures and paintings, 339-47 was it shown partly by colouring in sculptures? 340-1; Dravidian, 342-4; different fashions of, 347-50; in Muslim period, 356; in modern times, 357-8. \*Dvirāgamana\*, 96. Dyarchy at home, 109-10. - [Previous: c19.s1.36](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.36) - [Next: c19.s1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.38) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.37) · Pramāṇa