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Women of Hindu Society

History has taught that each society has its own way of governing themselves. Most societies in ancient times had a patriarchal form of society. This proves to be true in the Hindu population of India between the first and third century B.C. Hinduism became the dominant religion in the region alongside the growing Buddhists. Just as myths explained thoughts and beliefs of preceding societies, the Indian people used it to explain the Laws of Manu: "In the Vedas he appears as the founder of all human social order and the original teacher of dharma, having been instructed in the Sacred Law by Brahman" (The Human Record, 155). The Indian people believed that Manu was a figure similar to Noah, and he created women after a great flood. The Laws of Manu explain the true nature of women, their limited legal status in India, and the way they were treated because of their status in Hindu society.
The Laws of Manu had a distorted view of women. It was thought......

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