Encyclopaedia of Indian Women Through the Ages: The middle agesGyan Publishing House, 2003 |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
The Mahabharata Women | 43 |
Marital Status | 61 |
Rights and Duties after Marriage | 75 |
The Initiation | 93 |
Sexual Life | 123 |
Motherhood and Widowhood | 171 |
Her Social Status | 191 |
Foreign Accounts of Marital Arrangements | 205 |
Property Rights | 237 |
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