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# The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c2: The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation

The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c2

- **Language:** English

### The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation

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FROM PREHISTORIC TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY

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BY

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DR. A. S. ALTEKAR, M. A., LL. B., D. LITT., MANINDRACHANDRA NANDI PROFESSOR AND HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY AND CULTURE, BENARES HINDU UNIVERSITY.

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\*AUTHOR OF\* THE RASHTRAKUTAS AND THEIR TIMES, EDUCATION IN ANCIENT INDIA, HISTORY OF BENARES, HISTORY OF VILLAGE COMMUNITIES IN WESTERN INDIA, A NEW GUPTA KING, ETC.

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THE CULTURE PUBLICATION HOUSE, BENARES HINDU UNIVERSITY.

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Published by

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\<p align="center"\> Dr. A. S. Altekar, M.A., LL.B., D.Litt., Proprietor, Culture Publication House, Benares Hindu University, India. \</p\>

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\*All rights including those of translation and abridgement are reserved by the author.\*

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Printed by Rama Krishna Das, at the Benares Hindu University Press, Benares.

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Dedicated to the sacred and beloved memory of my mother,

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Sau. PĀRVATĪBAI ALTEKAR,

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who was an ideal Hindu \*sādhvī\*, and to that of my father,

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SADĀSHIVA KHANDO ALTEKAR, B.A., LL.B., Pleader, Karad, Maharashtra,

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whose life was a beautiful synthesis of \*Dehakārya\*, \*Deśakārya\* and \*Devakārya\*.

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