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“Sati”in Medieval India, had become a normal feature of the social organism in the eyes of both Hindu and Muslim and was more or less prevalent in almost all parts of the country. The Mughals who could perhaps have taken a more detached and healthier view of the situation found no particular cause for complaint in the suppression of human personality through this glaring social evil. The practice was so widely prevalent, as not to escape the eyes of the foreign travelers who poured into India in great numbers, during this period. Hence naturally, considering the view of poets and historians from Mughal’s Court to be biased, in search for an unbiased opinion our much of the knowledge of “Sati” during this period depends on the accounts of these travelers. One cannot but shudders in horror to learn that sometimes very young girls fell prey to this wicked unmerciful practice. Nicholas Whittington cited a case were girl was of 10 years of age.

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