: Covers the Mughal era to the independent state (approx. 253 pages). Women in India - Sita Anantha Raman
: Investigates how the ideal of "Indian womanhood" became a central pillar for the nation's push for independence in 1947. Women in India: A Social and Cultural History, ...
The work is organized into two primary chronological sections: the (antiquity to early medieval Hindu kingdoms) and the later era (Mughal dynasties through colonial rule to independence). Raman identifies four key interrelated themes throughout this history: : Covers the Mughal era to the independent state (approx