The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c5.16

c5.16

Levirate, a common custom in early times, 168-9; its prevalence in India, and its causes, 169-72; how the custom was stamped out, 172-6; widow-remarriages prevalent in early times, 176-9; later they become unpopular and are prohibited, why, 179-80; child widows permitted to marry upto 1,000 {\sc{a. d.}}, 181-3; some effects of the prohibition of remarriage, 183-5; Act of 1856 and the developments during the last 75 years, 186-8; tonsure of widows nonexistent before 800 {\sc{a. d.}}, 188-9; how it became common, 190-1; a general resume of the condition of the widow, 191-5.