Question

Name the arab writer who mentioned the practice of sati during the rajput rule

Answer 1

The Arab traveller and writer, Sulaiman wrote about the practice of Sati during Rajput rule.

Sati is a custom where a woman who has lost her husband, consumes herself to flames, on her husband’s pyre. The practice of Sati dates back to the 3rd century and continued till it was abolished by the British. The Sati Prevention Act of 1988 criminalises Sati and those encouraging it.

Answer 2

Sati is an ancient Indian practice according to which the widow must sit in the burning pyre of the deceased husband.

This practice has been mentioned by a lot of writers in their works.

The Greek writer to mention Sati in his work in the first century BC was Diodorus Siculus.