[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.s1.83 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.83 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.83 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.83) Nagar Brahmanas and monogamy, 103, 441. \*Nagnikā\*, 61. Nair women, 27. Naojot ceremony, 236. \*Niyoga\*, the custom elsewhere, 168-9; why favoured, 169-70; conditions of, 170-1; number of sons from, 171-2; opposition to, 172-3; restrictions on, 173-4; stamped out, 174-6; see also, 280, 422, 425-7. Non-Aryan women, marriages with, 417-9. Non-cooperation movement, 211, 226. Nose-ring, a non-Hindu ornament, 358-60. Nudity in pre-Muslim period, 339-40. - [Previous: c19.s1.82](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.82) - [Next: c19.s1.84](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.84) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.83](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.83) · Pramāṇa