The problem of identity : women in early Indian inscriptions / Kirit K. Shah.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shah, Kirit K., 1945-

Language:

English

Sanskrit

Subjects (All):

Women--India--History--Sources.

Women.

Women--India--Social conditions.

History.

India.

Social conditions.

Inscriptions, Indic.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xvi, 194 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

New Delhi ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.

Language Note:

Includes passages in Sanskrit (Sanskrit in roman).

Summary:

Kirit K. Shah has examined hundreds of inscriptions belonging to three centuries before and after Christ to highlight the voices of ancient Indian women. Now, in this work, Shah uses important inscriptional evidence to make a significant contribution to the study of women in early India. It will appeal both to scholars and to students of the history of India, and women's studies in particular.

Contents:

Chapter II Women with Royal Attributes of Identity 32

Chapter III Women with Familial Attributes of Identity 90

Chapter IV Women with Religious Attributes of Identity 122

Chapter V Women with Professional Attributes of Identity 158.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [184]-189) and index.

ISBN:

019565322X

OCLC:

49514623