The Hindu Law of Marriage and Stridhana: Tagore Law Lectures-1878

This book contained Proprietary rights of women under the Hindu law - Restrictions on a woman's rights over her stridhan depend on her status and on the nature of the property - Restrictions depending on the status of the woman - Maiden hood - Coverture - Husband's rights over wife's stridhan - Widowhood Restrictions depending on the nature of the property - Gifts - from the husband - from strangers - Property acquired by personal exertion or by purchase - Property acquired by inheritance - Share on partition - Stridlmn promised by the husband - Rights of an unchaste woman over her Stridhan compared with woman's property under other systems