Social reforms
Subtitle: infanticide and sati
By: R. K. Saxena.
Publisher: Trimurti Publications
Published: 1975
Place of publication: New Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 155
Subjects: Sati -- India -- Rajesthan.; Infanticide -- India.; Rajasthan (India) -- Social conditions.
Description: On the origin, prevalence, and decline of the Hindu customs of infanticide and suttee (voluntary self-immolation) by the widow of the deceased on his funeral pyre; study with reference to Rajasthan.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [149]-152.
Includes index.