Sanskritization resulted in the adoption of several upper-caste practices relating to women. Which of the following was NOT one of these practices?
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option2: Adopting bride-price practice
Option 1: Secluding girls and women. Incorrect. Secluding girls and women was one of the upper-caste practices adopted during Sanskritization.
Option 2: Adopting bride-price practice. Correct. Sanskritization encouraged communities to adopt dowry practices instead of bride-price. Therefore, adopting bride-price was not an upper-caste practice associated with Sanskritization.
Option 3: Observing stricter rules of ritual purity. Incorrect. Sanskritization involved adopting upper-caste customs and rituals, including stricter observance of ideas related to purity and pollution.