2020, Vol. 6, Issue 3, Part B

author(s)
Pulak Chandra Majumder

abstract
In the present paper, we examine the issues of the discrimination of men and women in regards to (i) the birth of children; (ii) education; (iii) marriage and remarriage; (iv) family arrangement of house works between husband and wife, and (v) property rights of men and women in Manu’s period. The objective was to know whether the gender inequities existed in Manu’s period on the above mentioned issues. We have also examined how far the gender inequalities, if any, are relevant to 21^st century modern India on the above issues.