[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.c32.40 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c32.40 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v2.c32.40 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.40) ¹⁴⁸⁷ Thomson in his book on 'Suttee' (pp. 69, 72) gives the figures for \*satīs\* reported from the Bengal Presidency (which then included Bihar and extended up to Benares) during 1815-1828. The lowest figure was 378 in 1815 and the highest 839 in 1818. Out of the total of 2366 cases during the four years 1815-1818, the Calcutta division alone contributed 1485, the Benares division, the seat of orthodoxy, contributed only 343. Vide H. H. Wilson's 'History of India' (ed. of 1858), vol. III (for 1805-1835 A. D.), pp 185-192. At p. 189 a table of the number of \*satīs\* for 1815-1828 is given, from which it appears that in 1828 there were 463 cases of \*satīs\* out of whom 420 came from Bengal, Bihar and Orissa, out of which 287 were from the Calcutta division alone. - [Previous: v2.c32.39](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.39) - [Next: v2.c32.41](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.41) - [Up: v2.c32](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.40](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v2.c32.40) · Pramāṇa