Gender Discrimination in Ancient India
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What was a common social practice for widows in ancient India?

  • Allowed to remarry
  • Forced to wear colorful clothes
  • Given special status in society
  • Forced to shave their heads and wear white clothes (correct)

    • Why were many widows abandoned at pilgrimage sites like Benares?

  • Reduced to begging and abandoned due to societal beliefs (correct)
  • To gain religious merits
  • To find better husbands
  • To escape oppressive families

    • How were women from upper castes restricted in their movements?

  • Required to be with female family members
  • Encouraged to work outside their homes
  • Allowed to go out freely
  • Forced to remain indoors unless with a male family member (correct)

    • What was the fate of widows who did not follow the practice of sati?

    <p>Had to follow strict rules like shaving their heads and wearing white clothes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How were widows who did not commit sati viewed by society?

    <p>Forced to shave their heads and wear white clothes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'Sati' was a practice where women were expected to do which of the following?

    <p>Shave their heads and wear white clothes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the purpose of the social practice of sati?

    <p>To honor the deceased husband by the widow burning herself on his funeral pyre</p> Signup and view all the answers

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