[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.c29.4 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.4 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c29.4 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.4) ¹³⁶¹ Vide Colebrooke's Digest of Hindu Law, vol. II. chap. III pp. 158–161 for duties of widows who choose to survive their husbands; vide 'Die Frau' pp. 86–88 where Winternitz draws a dismal and somewhat exaggerated picture of the condition of the Hindu widow. - [Previous: v2.c29.3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.3) - [Next: v2.c29.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.5) - [Up: v2.c29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c29.4) · Pramāṇa