[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.s1.5 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.5 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.5 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.5) Age of marriage, about 16 before \*c.\* 400 B. C., 58-62, 411; 14 or 15 during 400 B. C. to 100 A.D., 62-4; before puberty after \*c.\* 200 A. D., 66-8, 419-20; but not among Kshatriyas, 69; curses on post-puberty marriages, 67; age lowered to 7 or 8, 68, 70, 429-30; why lowering of age accepted, 71-2, 419-20; developments during the last 50 years, 73-5. - [Previous: c19.s1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.4) - [Next: c19.s1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.6) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.5) · Pramāṇa