In Indian society the status of women has changed from time to time ; position of women in society is the index to the standard of social organization .We can divide the past [history] in to three phases to analyse the status of women. They are: ancient India , Medival India and Modern Indian period. In ancient India women enjoyed equal status with man in all fields of life, she received the same education like man, many Hindu religious books like Vedas, Upanishads, Ramayana, Mahabharata have mentioned the names of several women who were great scholars, poets, philosophers of the time. The wife was 'Ardhangini' which means she is half of her husband. An unmarried man was considered to be incomplete man. All religious ceremonies were performed by the husband along with the wife. This shows the importance given to the women in ancient period. But in the Medival period, the status of women went down considerably. She was considered to be inferior to man. Any historian...