Womens Rights and Law Codes in Early India, 600 Bce570 Ace

Informationen zum Autor Sita Anantha Raman is Emerita Associate Professor of History at Santa Clara University, where she taught South Asian history and SE Asian history. She is the author of the books Women in India: A Social and Cultural History (Vols 1 and 2; 2009); A.Madhavaiah: A Biography and a Novella (‘Muthumeenakshi’, trans. by Vasantha Surya; 2004); and Getting Girls to School: Social Reform in the Tamil Districts, 1870–1930 (1996); and of various journal articles. Zusammenfassung This book looks at the first eight Sanskrit law codes written in India, between 600 BCE-570 ACE. It focuses on the legal, religious and ethical customs which were codified in this period and their impact on the social and political life of women. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Sanskrit Law Codes and the Royal State. Part I: Historical Prelude 1. Antecedents and Preview 2. Early Vedic Era Part II: Later Vedic Era and Dharma Sutras 3. Vedic Scriptures, Janapadas , and Women 4. Jaina and Buddhist Canon, States, and Women 5. Dharma Sutras Part III: Mauryan-Classical Era: Arthasastra and Manu Smriti 6. Mauryan Empire and Arthasastra 7. Early Classical Era 8. Arthasastra and Manu Smriti Part IV: Later Classical Era: Yajnavalkya Smriti and Narada Smriti 9. Pre-Guptan and Guptan Monarchs 10. Yajnavalkya Smriti and Narada Smriti . Index.

Product details

• Authors: Sita Anantha Raman
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2020
• EAN: 9780367198695
• ISBN: 978-0-367-19869-5
• No. of pages: 194
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, LAW / Civil Rights, HISTORY / Women, India, Systems of law, Gender & the law, Asian History, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, c 1000 BCE to start of CE period, BCE to c 500 CE, Law and society, gender issues, HISTORY / Asia / South / General