Original sentence: Jauhar (sometimes written jowhar) was originally the voluntary death on a funeral pyre of the queen or the royal women of defeated Rajput cities or forts in order to avoid capture
Edited sentence: It is believed that jumping into fire, as opposed to other ways of suicide was justified, because Muslim invaders were known to violate and rape even dead bodies.Jauhar (sometimes written jowhar) was originally the voluntary death on a funeral pyre of the queen or the royal women of defeated Rajput cities or forts in order to avoid capture and rape by Islamic invaders