The present book is a modest attempt at shredding off few existing myths: (a) that the women in early India were a homogenous category; (b) that the dharmaúâstras are the “foundational documents of ‘Hindu’ way of life, responsible for tightening the noose around the lives of women in India”; (c) that the dharmaúâstras are the “representative texts of Indian tradition seeking to protect Indian women under ...
