The Characteristics Of Women In Classical India

From what we have learned about Classical India, it has indeed become civilized. Many traits of a civilization include social inequalities, development of some sort of government, and many developed a mainly accepted religion as well as the arts and sciences. Documents from the Classical period of India show evidence of these traits in civilization. Document one shows that a woman in India should be taken care of by the men in her life; her father cares for her as a child, her husband while she is a wife, and her sons as an elder. Even though women are to be honored and taken care of, they are still involved in a patriarchal society and do not have much independence. For the men, this is very important in dharma, as it is essential to take care of your wife if you wish to become closer to unity with the divine essence. Even so, compared to a woman 's place in

The higher the caste, the higher it originated on Purusa, of which all is composed. The mouth represents the Brahman, which was the priestly class. The warrior and governing caste, represented by the arms of Purusa, were the Kshatriyas. The Kshatriyas were at the top of the social pyramid alongside the Brahmans. The next caste was the Vaisyas, the traders and farmers. They were represented by the thighs, and the Sudras, or common laborers, were represented as the feet. Something to note is that even though the Sudras are the lowest caste, it is said that the earth was created by Purusa 's feet. This reveals, if not a coincidence, that even the lowly laborers were important to the whole system. Since the higher classes were more educated, there is a good chance that this was written by higher castes, most likely the brahman class. A useful document for comparison would be one written from the perspective of a lower-caste man, possibly the Sudras, though they may be not many or possibly none at