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Scholarly resources on women in ancient and contemporary India

Women in ancient India

Ram Mohan Das, 1993. Women in Manu's philosophy. Jalandhar, India : ABS Publications.

A. S. Altekar. 1978. The position of women in Hindu civilization, from
prehistoric times to the present day. Delhi : Motilal Banarsidass.

K.B. Archak (ed). 1998 Manusmrti and woman: a collection of research
papers. Dharwad : Shrutigeeta Prakashana.

Chaudhuri, Jatindrabimal. 1956. The position of women in the Vedic
ritual. Calcutta : J.B. Chaudhuri,


Women in contemporary India

Srimati Basu. 1999. She comes to take her rights : Indian women,
property, and propriety. Albany : State University of New York Press.

Tanika Sarkar, Urvashi Butalia (eds). 1995. Women and the Hindu right :
a collection of essays. New Delhi : Kali for Women.

Rajeswari Sunder Rajan. 2003. The scandal of the state : women, law, and
citizenship in postcolonial India. Durham [N.C.] : Duke University Press.
 













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