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Sep 13, 2024 · Ancient and medieval era Hindu texts present a diverse picture of duties and rights of women in Hinduism. The texts recognize eight kinds of marriage, ranging from father finding a marriage partner for his daughter and seeking her consent (Brahma or Devic marriage), to the bride and groom finding each other without parental participation ...
1 day ago · By centring women’s experiences, vocabularies, and everyday relationship with public spaces, and underscoring the register of ‘affect’ in these experiences, this paper makes an important contribution to the growing literature on gendering right to the city and the feminist argument for women’s right to leisure spaces.
1 day ago · The structure of Indian society was characterized by caste. The distinguishing features of a caste society were endogamous kinship groups (jatis) arranged in a hierarchy of ritual ranking, based on notions of pollution and purity, with an intermeshing of service relationships and an adherence to geographic location. There was some coincidence ...
Sep 11, 2024 · Ancient India was an agrarian based society and by devoting a small proportion of the population to the art of Bharatanatyam for religious purposes, the Cholas may have been optimistic for an expanding population and livestock.
Sep 9, 2024 · Indus civilization, the earliest known urban culture of the Indian subcontinent. The nuclear dates of the civilization appear to be about 2500–1700 BCE, though the southern sites may have lasted later into the 2nd millennium BCE. Learn more about the Indus civilization in this article.
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1 day ago · The functioning of monks in society was greater, however, among the Buddhist orders. Wandering monks, preaching and seeking alms, gave the religions a missionary flavour. The recruitment of nuns signified a special concern for the status of women.
1 day ago · 6/11. Sheila Dikshit. Sheila Dikshit was born on March 31, 1938, and passed away on July 20, 2019. She was a renowned Indian politician as well as the longest-in-office Chief Minister of Delhi ...
