Women Marriage In India: Marriage, Divorce and Adjustment

Women enjoyed equal status and rights during the early Vedic period. However, later(500 B.C.) the status of women began to decline with the Smritis and with the Islamic invasion of Babur and the Mughal and later Christianity curtailing women's freedom and rights. The Indian women's position in the society, further deteriorated during the medieval period. Sati, child marriage and ban on widow remarriages became part of social life in India. The present book throws light on varied aspects of women marriages in India such as Marriage in India, Dowry in India, Indian Marriages of Different Religions, Indian Marriage Act of Different Castes, Common Marriage Problems etc.