▁land ▁by ▁women . ▁M one ys ▁inher itable ▁by ▁women ▁were ▁called ▁S th rid h ana . ▁The ▁arranged ▁marriage ▁system ▁ens ured ▁ ▁a ▁strict ▁policy ▁of ▁early ▁marriage ▁for ▁women . ▁Among ▁Bra hm ins , ▁boys ▁married ▁at ▁or ▁below ▁ 1 6 ▁years ▁of ▁age ▁and ▁ ▁they ▁chose ▁br ides ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁or ▁younger . ▁This ▁age ▁policy ▁was ▁not ▁as ▁strictly ▁followed ▁by ▁other ▁cast es . ▁In scri ptions ▁refer ▁to ▁numerous ▁instances ▁of ▁the ▁marriage ▁of ▁a ▁man ▁to ▁his ▁mat ernal ▁cousin ▁( d augh ter ▁of ▁a ▁mat ernal ▁uncle ), ▁prince ▁Jag attung a , ▁son ▁of ▁ ▁Kr ish na ▁II ▁being ▁an ▁example ▁of ▁this . ▁Women ▁had ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁attend ▁and ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁be ▁in ▁attend ance ▁in ▁the ▁court ▁when ▁it ▁was ▁occupied ▁by ▁the ▁King . ▁S ati ▁was ▁pract iced ▁but ▁was ▁ ▁volunt ary . ▁Very ▁few ▁examples ▁of ▁s ati ▁are ▁noted ▁in ▁ins cri ptions ▁and ▁those ▁that ▁did ▁occur ▁were ▁mostly ▁in ▁the ▁royal ▁families . ▁The ▁system ▁of ▁sh aving ▁the ▁heads ▁of ▁wid ows ▁was ▁rarely ▁pract iced ▁as ▁ep ig raph s ▁note ▁that ▁wid ows ▁were ▁allowed ▁to ▁grow ▁their ▁hair ▁but ▁decor ating ▁their ▁hair ▁was ▁disc ou rag ed . ▁The ▁sentence ▁" the ▁cause ▁of ▁the ▁c ess ation ▁of ▁the ▁part ing ▁of ▁the ▁hair s ▁of ▁the ▁d ams els ▁of ▁enemies " ▁() ▁is ▁repeated ▁in