Life and Conditions of the People of Hindustan (1200–1550 A.D.) c7.s1.62

c7.s1.62

4. *Domestic Events.*—The most conspicuous events of domestic life, particularly in a rural community, were naturally the various stages of growth in the life of a person, namely birth, adolescence, puberty, and death, together with the various customs elaborated around them. All these customs had been elaborated with scrupulous regard to every detail. Religious emotion found its best expression in them. Society even judged of the respectability of a person by the amount of care and attention he gave to the fulfilment of these social and religious rites.