Gender 600 BCE to 600 CE

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According to the Indian custom of Sati __________.

after a high caste man dies, his wife is expected to throw herself on his funeral pyre

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the only way to transcend the caste system is through good karma and reincarnation

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a man may legally buy and sell women, so long as the woman in question is of a lower caste

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any woman who commits adultery is to be stoned to death

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any man who commits adultery forfeits his marriage and his property

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Explanation

The Indian custom of Sati was practiced in India all the way up to the twentieth century. According to this custom, after a high caste man dies his widow is expected to throw herself on his funeral pyre and burn to death.

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