TY  - BOOK
AU  - Anjali Verma 
TI  - Women and society in early medieval India : re-interpreting epigraphs
SN  - 9780367137571
U1  - 305.420954 
PY  - 2019///
CY  - New York
PB  - Routledge 
KW  - Women--Social conditions-India
KW  - Middle Ages
KW  - Civilization
KW  - Patriarchy
KW  - Women
KW  - Inscriptions
N2  - This book examines women and society in India during 600–1200 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 satī, 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 parities and disparities, the book presents an original understanding of women’s status in early medieval South Asian society.

Rich in archival material, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of ancient and medieval Indian history, social history, archaeology, epigraphy, sociology, cultural studies, gender studies and South Asian studies.
ER  -