Question

In ancient India a. were legally owned by their husbands and male children. b. were barred from even viewing the ritual of sati. c. were never permitted to study the Vedas or own land, but could often serve as gurus. d. were in theory required that a widow throw herself upon her dead husband's funeral pyre. e. never married before the age of twenty-one years.'

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Question :

Women in ancient India

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a. never married before the age of twenty-one years.

b. were barred from even viewing the ritual of sati.

c. were never permitted to study the Vedas or own land, but could often serve as gurus.

d. were in theory required that a widow throw herself upon her dead husband's funeral pyre.

e. were legally owned by their husbands and male children.

Answer:

D

Explanation:

This is called Sati or Suttee and is identified largely with Hindus in the northern and pre-modern regions of South Asia. Here the widow sits atop her deceased husband's funeral pyre in a bid to sacrifice herself with her dead husband.

It was mostly associated with Hindu clans in Western India at the time. The practice was opposed vehemently by Hindu reformer Mohan Roy and declared a crime punishable by law under Governor general of India Lord William Bentinck in 1829.