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प्रश्न
What was the position of women in the Rig Vedic age?
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उत्तर
The position of women in the Rig Vedic Age are as follows:
- Women were treated as equal to men and enjoyed high social status.
- They participated in religious rites and were given education.
- Girls had the freedom to choose their husbands (Swayamvara system).
- Monogamy was common, but polygamy also existed.
- Child marriage, the sati system, and purdah were absent among the early Aryans.
- Women attended social functions and gatherings freely.
- Though people prayed mostly for sons, there is no evidence of prayers for daughters.
संबंधित प्रश्न
Name any two early Aryan settlements.
What does the Rig Veda contain?
Name any two of the four Varnas.
What form of worship did the Aryans follow during the early Vedic period?
With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:
Agriculture
With reference to the following explains the main features of the Rig Vedic Economy:
Domestication of Animals
What are known as the Varnashramas? Name them.
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:
Explain briefly the class divisions that existed in society.
