Islamism - 6

[Bharatvarsh]

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->> Bhavabhuti in his Mahaviracharita gives a clear vivid evidence
> of purda. When Rama sees Parasurama coming towards him, he
> directs his consort Sita, `Dear one, he is our elder,
> therefore turn aside and veil yourself' [ Mvir.Ch. Act II,
> p.71 ] [ 1200, p.70 ]
> The Kalibhana grant also tells us that the women of the royal
> household observed purda in Orissa [ 1200, p.70 ] [ In.H.Qu.
> XX (1944) p.242 ]
> Vachaspati tells us that women of good families did not come
> without a veil in public [ Vach. ] [ 1200, p.70 ].
> Some women were so much devoted to their husbands that they
> would not even look at the Sun regarding him as a parapurusa.
> If the servants were found seeing the faces of queens, they
> feared punishment. [ Sis. XII.20.17 ] [ 1200 p.70 ].
> The free mixing of men and women was considered bad in
> Sriharsha's works [ Nais.Ch. XV.3 ] [ 1200, p.70 ].
> `Harsha's [1099-1101 ] [Lohara dynasty] coins [depict] a half
> cross-legged goddess [and ] a veil appears on the head ' -- [
> Coin.39]
>
> From "Veiling of Women in The Brahmanic Religion"
> by Thanabalu Kalimuthu, courtesy Prof. D.N. Jha<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
From Yahoo Group Hindu Civilization.

I don't if the references cited are accurate, people who have those works with them can check.