Domestic (and public) violence against women has a long history in India. The present article offers evidence of the perpetration of such violence in medieval times including the norms by which this was justified or partly constrained. The argument is that both Muslim and Hindu laws, as elaborated and interpreted, justified the violence and physical constraints put on women. Note is also taken of attempts at modifying the range of such violence, for example, in respect of sati.

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让妇女服从：印度莫卧儿邦的法律和规范

在印度，家庭（和公共）对妇女的暴力行为由来已久。本文提供了在中世纪发生这种暴力的证据，包括证明这种暴力是合理的或部分受到约束的规范。有论点是，详尽阐述和解释的穆斯林和印度教法律都为施加在妇女身上的暴力和身体限制辩解。还注意到尝试改变这种暴力的范围，例如就萨蒂而言。