The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c5.38

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Method explained, 404-6; a synthetic picture of the position of women in the Vedic age, 406-10; the general position during 1,500-500 B. C., 410-2; why the position as a whole was relatively satisfactory, 412-5; why the position deteriorated subsequently, 416-21; general position of women during the period 500 B. C. to 500 A. D., 421-8; why proprietary rights were liberally extended, 426-9; general position during the period 500 A. D. to 1,800 A. D., 428-35; some extenuating circumstances, 435-9; present necessities: reforms in education, marriage and property laws, 439-46; suggested changes in consonance with the spirit of our culture, 446-8.