give one reason why many 19th century Indian women were denied education
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By the nineteenth century, such an absurd system of polygamy
assumed monstrous proportions. On a single day a male could
marry two, three or four wives. In his lifetime he could marry
dozens of wives, even a hundred. There were parents who
offered all their daughters to a single male. There was no upper
age limit for the male; he could be of any age. Similarly, the
brides of the same man could be as tender in age as possible.
Still more absurd was the system that the Male was not required
to maintain his numerous wives. The so-called wives remained
in the houses of their parents. But now and again the husband
could come to collect some money from the unfortunate fatherin-
law. The result of such a system was dangerous. Elsewhere,
polygamy created various social and domestic complications.
The upper class Hindus and Muslims, when polygamous,
suffered family unhappiness and economic hardship. Among the
Muslim, polygamy made the purdah system more stringent. The
only happy feature in regard to it was that it did not become a
common vice among the general population.