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 | ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! |