Thread by @TheBrokenTusk

RT @TIinExile ji:
It is often claimed that Pre Modern Hindu India was a misogynist world where women were not allowed to own property. A glance at contemporary inscriptions proves otherwise. From the property transactions, 48% of land owners & sellers were women in Kumbhakonam,TN

https://twitter.com/frontierindica/status/1346762194113818626

In the above table Chola Period 1 belongs to the period of Vijayalaya & early cholas (A.D 850-985)
Period 2 marks the height of Chola ascendancy under Rajaraja & Rajendra Chola (A.D 985-1070)
Thanjavur was the core area of Cholas.
Clearly, the % was highest during their peak
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Well, This period was Peak Brahmanism under Cholas. The beautiful religion of Brahmanism held sway all over Tamilakam!
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44% of Hindu religious women mentioned in all inscriptions of Tamilnadu are donors, in contrast to just 2% of men who are donors The donors were rich, powerful, independent women who owned wealth for themselves donated for the merit of themselves, their children and family.
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Such information coming from inscriptions forces us to rethink about the position of women in traditional medieval Hindu society. Hitherto, they have been stereotyped as Abla Naris incapable of acting by themselves and only capable of being acted upon and suppressed
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@navale_rohit Read the table first. Such inscriptions where men donated on behalf of women have been classified under the category "relative of donor" (12% of inscriptions)
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https://twitter.com/navale_rohit/status/995543556797284352?s=20