The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c9.80

c9.80

¹ Compare, for instance, the following extract from a 13th century Tamil inscription which contains the passionate outpourings of the heart of a young widow, afraid of the woes and ill-treatment in store for her :—‘If she lived after her husband, she would be the slave of her cowives (who apparently had sons and were therefore going to be *de facto* owners of the family property). Whosoever said that she ought not to die,..... those, who did not bind her, and throw her into fire, and kill her would get the sin of prostituting their wives’. *S.I.E.R.*, 1907, p. 77.