{"product_id":"women-s-rights-and-law-codes-in-early-india-600-bce-570-ace-hardback","title":"Women’s Rights and Law Codes in Early India, 600 BCE–570 ACE - Hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book looks at the first eight Sanskrit law codes written in India, between 600 BCE and 570 ACE. It focuses on the legal, religious and ethical customs which were codified in this period and their impact on the social and political life of women.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume analyzes texts such as the \u003ci\u003eDharma Sūtras\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eArthaśāstra\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eManu Smŗiti,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ethe \u003ci\u003eYājňyavalkya Smŗiti, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eNārada Smŗiti, \u003c\/i\u003eamongst others. It\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003estudies discourses on justice, conduct, virtues and duties, and how early laws were used to systematize patriarchy and the \u003ci\u003evarna\u003c\/i\u003e caste system in South Asia. It examines how patrimonial laws and male property rights highlighted social anxieties about female chastity and \u003ci\u003evarna \u003c\/i\u003elineage, which led to the subordination of women and the lower \u003ci\u003evarnas.\u003c\/i\u003e These anxieties are most evident in codes from the late Vedic and early classical eras when diverse new settlers arrived upon the subcontinent. At this time, kings decentralized governance and allowed local groups to practice communal laws, while they meted out court justice with a specific law code. As the state became prosperous from trade conducted by merchants of diverse castes, sects, and classes, and social peace was ensured by officials from disparate backgrounds, kings began to rely upon a law code that aspired for equity above intolerance. These chapters examine heterodox Therāvada Buddhism and Jainism, their origins in the oligarchic state, their impact on the royal Sanskritic state, as seen in canonical literature. They especially focus on women’s roles in heterodox sects, and the emergence of new spaces for women, as such changes were adopted in disparate ways and degrees by other South Asian communities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume will be a useful resource for students and researchers of history, women and gender studies, social anthropology, sociology, and law. It will also serve as an information guide for readers who are interested in the political, and social life of women in early India\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45548007981294,"sku":"9780367198695","price":227.2,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780367198695.jpg?v=1720258357","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/women-s-rights-and-law-codes-in-early-india-600-bce-570-ace-hardback","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}