STATUS OF WOMEN IN INDIAN HISTORY 123 Women?" Engels and the Rise and Fall of the Family, ch II. 4 D D Kosambi, "The Culture and Civilization of Ancient India", Historical Outline, ch 4, p 86. A S Altekar, The Position of Women in Hindu Civilization, ch XXI, p 338. Ibid.,chl, p 10. Ibid., ch II, p 53. Ibid. Ibid., ch II, p 56. I ° Percival Spear, India, ch II, p 47. II Friedrich Engels, op. cit., ch II, p 90. 1 a Quoted in Status of Women in India: A Synopsis of the Report of the National Committee, 1971-74, chill,? 13-14. 19 Percival Spear, op. cti.,^ 14 AS Altekar, op, cit., ch IV, p 122. 16 Ibid., ch IV. 16 Status of Women in India, ch III, p 15. 17 Mary Frances Billington, Women in India: A Study of Medieval Period, ch ]I, p 23. 18 Leela Iqbal Gulati, Opinions of Indian Men and Women about Employment of Married Indian Women, Postgraduate thesis (unpublished manuscript). 1 • For detailed analysis of women's status in Bengal, see Sankar Sen Gupta, A Study of Women of Bengal. ae Percival Spear, op. cit., ch XXV, p 287. al Friedrich Engels, op. cit., ch II, 113.' aa Ibid.,? 114. a 8 For details, see Status of Women in India, op. cit. 24 Ibid., p 17, section referring to tribal religion.