[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v2.c29.3 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.3 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.3 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.3) So far the social position and the duties and rights of a wife during her husband's life-time have been considered. We shall now consider the rules laid down for a wife if she has the heavy misfortune to become a widow.¹³⁶¹ - [Previous: v2.c29.2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.2) - [Next: v2.c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.4) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.3) · Pramāṇa