[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.s1.39 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.39 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.39 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.39) Earning capacity of women, 26-7, 31, 211-3, 440-1. Education of girls; literary, 11-2, 27-8, 29-30, 408-410; in fine arts, 23, 28; in military exercises, 24-5; in useful arts, 26-7; how affected by marriage age, 18-9, 29, 66, 67, 75; discipline during, 235-7; suggested improvements in, 30-3; as key to women's progress, 439-40. - [Previous: c19.s1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.38) - [Next: c19.s1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.40) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.39) · Pramāṇa