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Debunking The Fake Narrative that Raja Jaichand was a Traitor Raja Jayachandra popularly known as Jaichand, was a king of the Gahadavala dynasty, whose kingdom stretched from the borders of China to Malwa.
Debunking The Fake Narrative that Raja Jaichand was a Traitor Raja Jayachandra popularly known as Jaichand, was a king of the Gahadavala dynasty, whose kingdom stretched from the borders of China to Malwa.
He ruled the Antarvedi country in the Gangetic plains, including the important cities of Kanyakubja & Varanasi.
He is also known as Jayachandra in several inscriptions and Jaichand in vernacular legends.
Raja Jaichand was the son of Vijayachandra and inherited his grandfather ,
He is also known as Jayachandra in several inscriptions and Jaichand in vernacular legends.
Raja Jaichand was the son of Vijayachandra and inherited his grandfather ,
Govindachandra's royal titles: Ashvapati Narapati Gajapati Rajatrayadhipati ("leader of three forces: the cavalry, the infantry and the elephant corps") and Vividha-vidya-vichara-vachaspati ("patron of different branches of learning").
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Understanding Manu Smriti-I: Women and Freedom
The much touted verse of misogyny in Manusmriti, actually has nothing anti-women in it.
ता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने ।
रक्षन्ति स्थाविरे पुत्राः न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ।। (Manu Smriti.9.3).
Understanding Manu Smriti-I: Women and Freedom
The much touted verse of misogyny in Manusmriti, actually has nothing anti-women in it.
ता रक्षति कौमारे भर्ता रक्षति यौवने ।
रक्षन्ति स्थाविरे पुत्राः न स्त्री स्वातन्त्र्यमर्हति ।। (Manu Smriti.9.3).
Almost everybody knows this verse from Manu Smriti for its misinterpreted meaning. This verse, which is often explained as denying women independence, has been touted as the ultimate proof of misogyny in Hinduism.
Yet, a thorough reading of the verse will reveal how the true import of the verse has been twisted and misinterpreted.
Let us now try to understand the true import of the verse.
First, the context.
Let us now try to understand the true import of the verse.
First, the context.
Did you Know?
Dowry Didn't Evolve from India.
Where did We Get This Terrible Idea?
Hindus got it from the Europeans - - especially from the British occupiers where this evil practise of buying a groom/bride was being practised in Britain since time medieval times.
Dowry Didn't Evolve from India.
Where did We Get This Terrible Idea?
Hindus got it from the Europeans - - especially from the British occupiers where this evil practise of buying a groom/bride was being practised in Britain since time medieval times.
According to several sources, the present dowry practice in India can be traced only to the 19th century - likely because that is when Indians observed the full-fledged practice of dowry among the British in India.
Here are some excerpts from a wonderfully, enlightening book, The Marriage Bargain, Women and Dowries in European History :
"In France, the dowry was almost a universal institution, even among servants, laborers and tenant farmers, until the interwar era (1918-1939).
"In France, the dowry was almost a universal institution, even among servants, laborers and tenant farmers, until the interwar era (1918-1939).
