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Gifts a woman received at marriage, kept as her own wealth, were called:
AAgrahara
BDakshina
CStridhana
DKanyadana
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Stridhana
1. Manusmriti denied women a share of the paternal estate.
2. Marriage gifts were her stridhana.
3. Her children could inherit it.
_Source: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History Part I, Theme 3, Kinship, Caste and Class: Early Societies._
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