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Question
What was the position of women in the Rig Vedic age?
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Solution
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.
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