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Women in early Indian socities

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Publication details: New Delhi Manohar Publishers & Distributors 2011Description: 335p xiiiISBN:
  • 8173046621
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.4 ROY
Contents:
Contents: GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; Introduction; Kumkum Roy-p.1 Section I: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES; The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization Retrospect and Prospect by A.S. Altekar-p.49 Beyond the Altekarian Paradigm: Towards a New Understanding of Gender Relations in Early Indian History by Uma Chakravarti-72; Women Under Primitive Buddhism: Laywomen and Almswomen by IB. Homer-p. 82; Section II: WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY; Proprietary Rights of Women in Ancient India by N.N. Bhattacharyya-p.113 Turmeric Land: Women's Property Rights in Tamil Society since Early Medieval Times by Kanakalatha Mukund-p.123; Rural-Urban Dichotomy' in the Concept and Status of Women: An Examination (from the Mauryas to the Guptas) by Chitrarekha Gupta-p.141; Aspects of Women and Work in Early South India by Vijaya Ramaswamy-p.150 Section III:SOCIOSEXUAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF WOMANHOOD; Polyandry in the Vedic Period by Sarva Daman Singh-p.175; Prostitution in Ancient India by Sukumari Bhattacharji-p.196; Woman and the Sacred in Ancient Tamilnadu by George L. Hart, III-p.229; Section IV: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES; Urvasi and Pururavas by D.D. Kosambi-p.255; Women's Patronage to Temple Architecture by Harihar Singh-p.286; The World of the Bhaktin in South Indian Traditions—The Body and Beyond by Uma Chakravarti-p.299; BIBLIOGRAPHY-p.327; CONTRIBUTORS-p.337.
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Contents:
GENERAL EDITOR'S PREFACE;
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS;
Introduction;
Kumkum Roy-p.1

Section I: ISSUES AND PERSPECTIVES;

The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization Retrospect and Prospect by A.S. Altekar-p.49
Beyond the Altekarian Paradigm: Towards a New Understanding of Gender Relations in Early Indian History by Uma Chakravarti-72;
Women Under Primitive Buddhism: Laywomen and Almswomen by IB. Homer-p. 82;

Section II: WOMEN AND THE ECONOMY;

Proprietary Rights of Women in Ancient India by N.N. Bhattacharyya-p.113
Turmeric Land: Women's Property Rights in Tamil Society since Early Medieval Times by Kanakalatha Mukund-p.123;
Rural-Urban Dichotomy' in the Concept and Status of Women: An Examination (from the Mauryas to the Guptas) by Chitrarekha Gupta-p.141;
Aspects of Women and Work in Early South India by Vijaya Ramaswamy-p.150

Section III:SOCIOSEXUAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF WOMANHOOD;

Polyandry in the Vedic Period by Sarva Daman Singh-p.175;
Prostitution in Ancient India by Sukumari Bhattacharji-p.196;
Woman and the Sacred in Ancient Tamilnadu by George L. Hart, III-p.229;

Section IV: RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES;

Urvasi and Pururavas by D.D. Kosambi-p.255;
Women's Patronage to Temple Architecture by Harihar Singh-p.286;
The World of the Bhaktin in South Indian Traditions—The Body and Beyond by Uma Chakravarti-p.299;
BIBLIOGRAPHY-p.327;
CONTRIBUTORS-p.337.