[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.s1.93 # The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.93 The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.93 - **Language:** English ### [c19.s1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.93) Sacrifices, by women alone, 232, 234-5, 411; jointly with husband, 233; place of the wife of a lower caste in, 236; formal association of women in, 239, growing complexity, the cause, 239-40, 418-9 prohibited to women, why, 242-3. - [Previous: c19.s1.92](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.92) - [Next: c19.s1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.94) - [Up: c19.s1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.93](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.altekar-1938.c19.s1.93) · Pramāṇa