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3.18. Improvement in proprietary rights.-

Curiously, in the third period, the position of women in India improved in the sphere of proprietary rights-e.g., the increased recognition in Katyayana1 of the women's right to her property.

1. Katyayana, Verses 921-927; R.C. Majumdar (Ed.) History and Culture of the Indian People (The Classical Age), Vol. 3, p. 569.