The royal guard protecting the daughters of Andarmahal: Ashoka from the Mahabharata.
In ancient India, there was a state-sponsored protection of women The Mahabharata mentions "Stryadhyaksha" and the Mauryan emperor Ashoka mentions "Stryadhyaksha Mahamatra " These were a class of courtesans whose duty was to protect the girls of Andarmahal. The Ashrambasi episode of the Mahabharata (< ID1 >) mentions, " Draupadi-pramukhashvapi stree sangha: Shivika-yuta.
Stryadhyaksha-gupta: prayurvisrijanto'mitman bosu " That is, women like Draupadi went on a ride to Shivika to donate a lot for the protection of women.
Stryadhyaksha-gupta: prayurvisrijanto'mitman bosu " That is, women like Draupadi went on a ride to Shivika to donate a lot for the protection of women.
It is clear that the royal officials called Stryadhyaksha were engaged in the protection of the daughters of the court and the palace and also managed the gatekeepers The word Stryadhyaksha means "overseer of women " The chapter on " Dharmasthya" in Kautilya's Arthashastra mentions state intervention in cases of maintenance of women, neglect of duty, or desertion.
In that case, helpless girls were taken into maintenance by the state if they became pregnant or had children, and the responsibility of maintenance was on the royal officials called "stryadhyaksha " However, these officials were all men. The term " stryadhyaksha mahamatra" appears in the 12th Chief Girishas of Emperor Ashoka.
These stewards always accompanied the girls of the harem when they went out, and provided them with the necessary transport, such as the shivika.
Older people were usually employed as gatekeepers This is evidenced in the Shalya Parva of the Mahabharata (< ID1 >): "That old king Shoshitang Rakshino Nara In proportion to the kingship, Prayurangrang Pr ".
That is, O king, the old men who used to take care of the girls, then they took them to the city So, it appears that the state system of protection of girls existed in ancient India from the Mahabharata to the Maurya era.
References: Political History of Ancient India by H C Roychowdhury, 1938, Page 262.
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