ROLE OF WOMEN DURING THE CHOLA PERIOD

  • Unique Paper ID: 165426
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 1
  • PageNo: 1027-1034
  • Abstract:
  • Women have traditionally had a more passive role to play in Indian society. They have contributed more to the social uplift of the Tamil society. They have played an important role and certainly are held in high esteem. Women is personified as the guardian of family traditions. This paper discusses the Social life of women in the Chola period. Women were given high status and freedom in the Chola society During the Chola period Sati was commonly practiced. Women were also appointed as officers in the Chola Government. This paper explores the performance of Women in the art, dance and music. The research explains briefly contributions of common women, queens, palace women, temple women and Brahmin women were contributed the lands and donations to the temple.

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@article{165426,
        author = {Dr.C.SENTHAMARAI},
        title = {ROLE OF WOMEN DURING THE CHOLA PERIOD},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {},
        volume = {11},
        number = {1},
        pages = {1027-1034},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=165426},
        abstract = {Women have traditionally had a more passive role to play in Indian society. They have contributed more to the social uplift of the Tamil society. They have played an important role and certainly are held in high esteem. Women is personified as the guardian of family traditions. This paper discusses the Social life of women in the Chola period. Women were given high status and freedom in the Chola society During the Chola period Sati was commonly practiced. Women were also appointed as officers in the Chola Government. This paper explores the performance of Women in the art, dance and music. The research explains briefly contributions of common women, queens, palace women, temple women and Brahmin women were contributed the lands and donations to the temple. },
        keywords = {Inscriptions, Copper plates, Temples, Monuments, Polygamy, Sridhanam},
        month = {},
        }

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  • ISSN: 2349-6002
  • Volume: 11
  • Issue: 1
  • PageNo: 1027-1034

ROLE OF WOMEN DURING THE CHOLA PERIOD

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