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प्रश्न
Describe the social life of the Rig Vedic Aryans with reference to the following:
Position of Women
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उत्तर
With reference to the given heads the social life of the Rig Vedic Aryans is described below:
Position of Women: Women were given equal status to that of men in society. They were permitted to participate in all the religious rites. Gaining education had not been restricted to them. There were women scholars who composed hymns and were well-versed in the sacred scriptures. Girls could seek husbands of their own choice. Monogamy was in custom, but polygamy was also practiced by many. Child-marriage, the Sati system, and Purdah did not exist among the Aryans, The women attended all social functions and gatherings. The general tendency of people was to have male births rather than females. They used to perform prayers seeking the birth of the male child. But, in the case of females, people had a repulsive attitude they did not like to have female-baby.
संबंधित प्रश्न
What does the Rig Veda contain?
Mention any of the Vedic hymns that enable us to reconstruct the Early Vedic Civilization.
Name any two of the four Varnas.
What were the two main occupations of the Rig Vedic Aryans?
State the importance of Sacrifices in the early Vedic ritual.
Discuss the sources to reconstruct the Early Vedic (Rig Vedic) Past with reference to the following:
References to the Cow in the Rig Vedic hymns.
With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:
Agriculture
What was known as the ‘Sapta Sindhu’?
With reference to the Vedic Period answer the following question:
State three important changes that took place in the society in the process of its transition from the Early Vedic Period to the Later Vedic Period.
With reference to the Society during the Vedic Age, answer the following question:
State the position of women in the Vedic period.
