Upper Class women wore purdah during Delhi Sultanate - Art & Culture

Q.  Under the Delhi Sultanate the purdah system was widespread. Who wore the purdah?
- Published on 13 Aug 15

a. All Muslim women
b. Upper Class Muslim women
c. Upper Class women
d. Non- Muslim Women

ANSWER: Upper Class women
 
The seclusion of women and the wearing of purdah became common among the upper class women. The Arabs and Turks brought the purdah system into India and it became widespread among the Hindu women in the upper classes of north India.

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