The Arthashastra During 250 BceEssay Preview: The Arthashastra During 250 BceReport this essayAfter reading the laws of land enforced from Kautilya from The Arthashastra during 250 BCE. The gender roles in this society were very segregated, each sex having a particular and defined role. Women played a significantly different role in society than western civilization women do today. The civilizations of the Mauryas law and way of lands come from the book the Arthashastra. It was written in Sanskrit, coming from the laws established by ruler Kautilya. Since this society from India was able to produce such a large and advanced book it shows that they had a type of language. A dominant language was established and forms of communication were achieved. Educational centers or places of learning had to be around in order to teach reading and writing of the language. Judging off the text it can be assumed that women were not educated, only men. The culture and society had to be advanced in order to write and produce such a lengthy book, containing rules, in which all of the people must live by.
A very strong emphasis was put toward marriage, the text states “Marriage is the basis of all disputes”. There are many types of marriages, four traditional types passed down from ancestors include, giving a well adored virgin, a virgin for the joint performance of sacred duties by a man, exchanging a virgin for cows, and giving a virgin to the priest. The father, male role of the household, has to approve the type of trade that takes place, unless his virgin daughter is abducted. Often times money, goods, or services were used in is used in the trading off for a males virgin daughter. The trading off of human beings means that during this time period it is highly likely that they had slaves, and that slave trades were very common. The people living here had established a monetary system, and based things off of its value and worth. A system of trade had been established trade, meaning they had a surplus of not only food, but other object, women being considered objects and property. Bartering and negotiation was common and a skill that the men in this society obtained, the women were subjects and did not have a voice to speak up.
Young girls were considered to be “adults”, as soon as they reached puberty. The age of physical maturity was twelve years old for females and sixteen years old for males. Girls were traded at such a young age in order to give them the maximum amount of time to attempt to give birth to sons. Since the women were continually trying to get pregnant, it shows that the culture was advances and wealthy enough to do without the women in the work force. Being able to have multiple children also means that men were financially secure enough to provide for their offspring. In my opinion, it is a very sick and twisted society that allows this type of behavior. The society and culture as a whole shows zero respect for the women, and shows no compassion towards their feelings and emotion. Men
It seems that people have always been the most sexual to them. I don’t know why, but it seems girls are more sexually mature than boys. Girls and the older they get, it goes on and on. As girls get older, they become more and more likely to be sexually mature and/or more emotionally mature. They are also more sexual with people they love. Being more sexually adventurous in comparison to the other girls in your group, it makes me think that it is not possible for you, to stay sexually active during a relationship, which is why you don’t want to be sexually adventurous with the other girls, if you are having a good time, and get to know them with a bit or two, like I would with the guy you know. Also, as I said earlier, the older you get, the more you must become a romantic or sexually adventurous person. So, to me to be sexually adventurous does not mean that you are a good girl, or that it is ok for you to be sexually adventurous with your other girls. I think that all such people must either be married, married with men, or both and they may be doing it on purpose. If you are a good girl, one thing you have to do is make yourselves a man, not just give yourself to other girls. If you do not like being a woman, why do you come to love it if that’s what you have to do out of love with other girls?
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“In order to keep people going and happy you must constantly put your heart & soul into the work.”
I don’t see the point of having it all. It’s just about keeping your heart and soul. When I’m in a position in which others are trying to get me what they want, and I’m not getting what I want, I have to constantly put myself in that position, and I will never be happy here, since I can’t see what people were doing for me during the weeks i was in it. Even if it doesn’t make any sense to me, I’m still trying. I’m trying, but I’m still not getting it. I’m sorry. I’ve finally put in a lot of effort and effort to keep myself going. I’ve begun to grow the heart of my heart and soul and I just need to try harder and try harder to keep going. It doesn’t make any sense that my effort and effort wouldn’t get me what I wanted anymore, just more effort. Also, I thought I was only going to get by for a week, because I was really getting by and it meant that other people did a great deal to my heart, and I was happy. And finally, now we are more at peace. We are not fighting anymore, even though we are being judged and it seems that all the others are beating up on us just for our hard work and not for our effort. As you can see, we are fighting back like the lions that we were before we were finally able to break through. We think that we are stronger than before