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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 the first of the Vedas. Or Which is the oldest Vedic literature.
What does the Rig Veda contain?
Mention any of the Vedic hymns that enable us to reconstruct the Early Vedic Civilization.
What were the two main occupations of the Rig Vedic Aryans?
Name the two political institutions which exercised check on the powers of the King in the Rig Vedic period.
Mention the important features of the religion of the early Vedic period.
State the importance of Sacrifices in the early Vedic ritual.
Describe the social life of the Rig Vedic Aryans with reference to the following:
The Family Structure
What was known as the ‘Sapta Sindhu’?
With reference to the picture given to answer the following question:
Describe briefly the life in a Gurukul.
