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Women's Rights and Law Codes in Early India, 600 BCE-570 ACE (Paperback)
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Women's Rights and Law Codes in Early India, 600 BCE-570 ACE (Paperback)
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This book looks at the first eight Sanskrit law codes written in
India, between 600 BCE and 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. The
volume analyzes texts such as the Dharma Sutras, the Arthasastra,
the Manu Smriti, the Yajnyavalkya Smriti, and Narada Smriti,
amongst others. It studies discourses on justice, conduct, virtues
and duties, and how early laws were used to systematize patriarchy
and the varna caste system in South Asia. It examines how
patrimonial laws and male property rights highlighted social
anxieties about female chastity and varna lineage, which led to the
subordination of women and the lower varnas. These anxieties are
most evident in codes from the late Vedic and early classical eras
when diverse new settlers arrived upon the subcontinent. At this
time, kings decentralized governance and allowed local groups to
practice communal laws, while they meted out court justice with a
specific law code. As the state became prosperous from trade
conducted by merchants of diverse castes, sects, and classes, and
social peace was ensured by officials from disparate backgrounds,
kings began to rely upon a law code that aspired for equity above
intolerance. These chapters examine heterodox Theravada Buddhism
and Jainism, their origins in the oligarchic state, their impact on
the royal Sanskritic state, as seen in canonical literature. They
especially focus on women's roles in heterodox sects, and the
emergence of new spaces for women, as such changes were adopted in
disparate ways and degrees by other South Asian communities. The
volume will be a useful resource for students and researchers of
history, women and gender studies, social anthropology, sociology,
and law. It will also serve as an information guide for readers who
are interested in the political, and social life of women in early
India
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