Edited sentence: From 13th century onward, because of the death of her husband, Hindu women (who avowed to remain true to their husbands as part of the sacred ritual of marriage) became targets of Muslim raiders and early conquerors of India.However, the actual practice of Sati continued by tacit endorsement of the British and was reduced significantly thanks to the social work of the Brahmo Samaj under Raja Ram Mohan Roy.In reference to India, the act of Satiism began around the inception of the Moghul Empire in 13th century.One account from the conquest of a Rajput town by Muslim invaders relates that the high-caste women burned themselves to death to preserve their honor and avoid abuse.Since such women were vulnerable to molestation, rape and other atrocities, it became a societal means to deprive the conqueros of rape and pillage of the Hindu women.That saw a significant increase in Satiism (especially among high-caste women) from mid-13th century until early-20th century, when the British Viceroy abolished the act of Satiism by the Order of The Empress Victoria.The historian, Upendra Thakur records the persecution of Hindus and Buddhists: