The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c8.10

c8.10

The above cases of ill-treatment of daughters-in-law and parents-in-law are, however, abnormal ones. We may well conclude that down to *c.* 500 B. C., when brides were grown up and educated at the time of their marriage, they received good and considerate treatment from their elders. They, on their part, used to show them proper respect. A Buddhist nun, while describing her married life, says:—