WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT INDIA

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Women in ancient India ____
A
had to finish 12 years of education before marrying.
B
inherited property before men.
C
often became priests.
D
were usually educated at home.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Thus, the education of girls was entirely domestic. They used to receive education at homes. Women in India were deprived of educational privileges for centuries, but there were always some exceptions to this general condition.

Detailed explanation-2: -In ancient Indian culture, women were treated as equal to men, and there was no discrimination on the bases of gender, instead of that women were honored by society, and society at the time considered women as Janani which means mother, even in Hindu scripts women are considered as Devi.

Detailed explanation-3: -There existed no separate schools for girls. In their childhood they were taught along with boys. After a few years they were taught in private schools or at home. They were now placed under some elderly ladies who trained them in cooking, spinning, sewing, weaving and looking after the young.

Detailed explanation-4: -After India’s Independence in 1947, the options for higher education for women were made available with the Right to Education. The constitution framed Article 45 in 1949, which makes it compulsory for children up to the age of fourteen to receive an education.

Detailed explanation-5: -They engaged in professions for increasing health and well-being, as well as in teaching professions as achāryās in Rig Vedic society (Altekar 1938). During this period, women also earned money through the spinning and weaving of clothes at home, while also helping their husbands in agricultural activities.

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