Abstract
This paper demonstrate the status and position of women during the period of Indus valley civilizations, early and later Vedic period, epic period, period of Dharmashastra and Purana as well as position of women in Buddhism and Jainism in order to get a full picture of the status of women in ancient text and religious culture India. In this paper, we shall look also into the history and explore the status of Indian women from ancient times, Indian women's place in literature, and their contribution to literature. As revealed from ancient literature and original text by this study the women of ancient India were not so degraded as their position was degraded in medieval and modern era when women were start to face suppression, oppression, and the institutional practices like child marriage, bigamy, polygamy, dowry, pardah, sati and devadasi.
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