The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c3.3

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Each chapter deals with the history and development of its topic from the earliest times to the present day, and then suggests at the conclusion the lines on which the present day problems connected with it should be solved. This method enables the reader to get a continuous and connected idea of the history of the particular topic or institution from age to age, and to realise the full nature and significance of the different forces that were governing its general development or vicissitudes. The method, however, has one defect ; it does not enable the reader to have a complete and synthetic picture of the position of women in any particular age. The concluding chapter therefore takes a general review of the whole subject, and delineates in broad outlines the general position of women in its entirety in the different periods of Hindu civilisation, and discusses at full length the various causes that were responsible for the changes that were taking place from age to age. It is confidently hoped that the reader will find the subject treated in a very comprehensive manner.