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[1] The Mahābhārata. The Great God thus addresses Shakti, when he asks her to describe the duties of women. I quote from a pamphlet by Dr. Ananda Coomaraswamy: Sati: A Vindication of the Hindu Woman.

[2] McGee: “The Beginning of Marriage,” American Anthropologist, Vol. IV, p. 378.

[3] Westermarck, “The Position of Women in Early Civilisations,” Sociological Papers, 1904.

[4] For instance, Maine (Early Law and Custom), in speaking of tribes who still trace their descent from a single ancestress, says, “The outlines” (i.e. of the maternal family) “may still be marked out, if it be worth any one’s while to trace it.”

[5] This book was mentioned to me in a letter from Mr. H. G. Wells.