status of women has varied in different time periods. It is believed as well as recorded by the historians, that women benefited equal status with men in all spheres of life in ancient India. In the early Vedic period women were educated and they used to participate in all the important rituals. It is truly in this period that women were treated as Durga and Parvati. There was a special thread ceremony in which girls were tied threads of honour based on merit. During period this ceremony was replaced by which afterwards transformed ‘child-marriage’, into an evil act which is bothering the society even today. Child-Marriage by this time was started on a large scale because of many holy books. Girls were married when they were infants. They were sent to their husband’s house when they attained puberty. Girls were not permitted to gain education. Some idea of the position of under Hinduism could be gleaned from the classic Hindu Dharmashastra is the best known, ‘Manu-smriti”, this describes the duties of women as follows: a girl, by a young woman, or even by an “by aged one, nothing must be done independently,
status of women has varied in different time periods. It is believed as well as recorded by the historians, that women benefited equal status with men in all spheres of life in ancient India. In the early Vedic period women were educated and they used to participate in all the important rituals. It is truly in this period that women were treated as Durga and Parvati. There was a special thread ceremony in which girls were tied threads of honour based on merit. During period this ceremony was replaced by ‘child-marriage’, which afterwards transformed into an evil act which is bothering the society even today. Child-Marriage by this time was started on a large scale because of many holy books. Girls were married when they were infants. They were sent to their husband’s house when they attained puberty. Girls were not permitted to gain education. Some idea of the position of under Hinduism could be gleaned from the classic Hindu Dharmashastra ‘Manu-smriti”, is the best known, this describes the duties of women as follows: “by a girl, by a young woman, or even by an aged one, nothing must be done independently,
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