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Women of India

Women of India

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WOMEN OF INDIA

BY
OTTO ROTHFELD, F.R.G.S., I.C.S.

AUTHOR OF
‘INDIAN DUST,’ ‘LIFE AND ITS PUPPETS’
‘WITH PEN AND RIFLE IN KISHTWAR’

ILLUSTRATED BY
M.V. DHURANDHAR

BOMBAY
D.B. TARAPOREVALA SONS & CO.

Printed in Great Britain
by Turnbull & Spears, Edinburgh

DEDICATED
WITH THE DEVOTION OF A LIFETIME
TO THE KINDEST OF FRIENDS

MRS ARGYLL ROBERTSON
A CONSTANT WELL-WISHER OF
INDIAN WOMANHOOD


Contents

CHAP. PAGE
I. AS THEY ARE 1
II. MARRIAGE IN INDIA 15
III. THE HINDU WOMAN IN MARRIAGE 31
IV. THE LADIES OF THE ARISTOCRACY 61
V. THE MIDDLE CLASSES 89
VI. THE WORKING AND ABORIGINAL CLASSES 127
VII. THE DANCING GIRL 149
VIII. WOMAN’S DRESS 175
IX. THE MOVING FINGER 197

List of Illustrations

NO. FACING PAGE
1. A BOMBAY LADY Frontispiece
2. A PATHARE PRABHU 7
3. WATER-CARRIER FROM AHMEDABAD 8
4. SWEEPER 10
5. FISHER WOMAN OF SIND 19
6. MUSSULMAN ARTISAN FROM KÁTHIAWÁD 23
7. PATHAN WOMAN 26
8. BORAH LADY FROM SURAT 30
9. A BRAHMAN LADY GOING TO THE TEMPLE 37
10. FROM JODHPUR 44
11. A MILL-HAND 53
12. A MAHAR WOMAN 60
13. LADY FROM MEWÁR 69
14. RAJPUT LADY FROM CUTCH 76
15. MAHRATTI LADY 78
16. NAIR LADY 83
17. MUSSULMAN LADY OF NORTHERN INDIA 87
18. FROM BURMAH 90
19. LADY FROM MYSORE 94
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