Widows Under Hindu Law

by Brick and David Brick

During British colonial rule in India, the treatment of high-caste Hindu widows became the subject of great controversy. Such women were not permitted to remarry and were offered two options: a life of seclusion and rigorous asceticism or death on the funeral pyre of a deceased husband. Was this a modern development, or did it date from the classical period? In this book, David Brick offers an exhaustive history of the treatment and status of widows...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197664547
• ISBN13: 9780197664544
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"