Women and Society in Early Medieval India - 9780367479275

Taylor & Francis

Women and Society in Early Medieval IndiaRe-interpreting Epigraphs\nAuthor(s): Anjali Verma\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9780367479275, 978-0367479275\nSynopsis\nThis book examines women and society in India during [tel] CE through epigraphs. It offers an analysis of inscriptional data at the pan-India level to explore key themes, including early marriage, deprivation of girls from education, property rights, widowhood and sat?, as well as women in administration and positions of power. The volume also traces gender roles and agency across religions such as Hinduism and Jainism, the major religions of the times, and sheds light on a range of political, social, economic and religious dimensions. A panoramic critique of contradictions and conformity between inscriptional and literary sources, including pieces of archaeological evidence against traditional views on patriarchal stereotypes, as also regional pa.