What were the elements of the practice of sati that drew the attention of Bernier?
The following elements of the practice of sati drew the attention of Bernier:
(i) It was a cruel practice in which the widow was made to sit on the pyre of her husband alive.
(ii) The widow was an unwilling victim of the sati-practice. She was forced to be a sati.
(iii) The people had no sympathy even for the child-widows.
(iv) The cries of the woman going to be a sati, did not move anyone.
(v) The Brahmans and the elderly women of the house participated in this practice or process.
Write a note on the Kitab-ul-Hind.
Compare and contrast the perspectives from which Ibn-Battuta and Bernier wrote their accounts of their travels in India.
Analyse the evidence for slavery provided by Ibn-Battuta.
