The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c9.61

c9.61

In Rajputana, which became a great stronghold of the Satī custom in the medieval times, the earliest Satī stone, so far discovered, goes back to only 838 a.d. At Osia and Gatiyala in Jodhpur state several inscribed Satī stones have been discovered, but they attest to the prevalence of the custom only from the latter half of the 9th century. The custom therefore had not become much popular down to *c.* 1000 a. d. in northern India.