Volume : 11, Issue : 1, JAN 2025

A STUDY ON EDUCATION FOR WOMEN DURING THE MUGHAL EMPIRE IN INDIA

DR. SHWETA KUMARI

Abstract

The educational system that was in place for women during the reign of the Mughals is described in this correspondence. There were many levels of women's status during the Mughal Empire. During the time of the Mughal dynasty, both Muslims and Hindus held the belief that the education of women was of lesser significance than that offered to men. Women who belonged to the royal class or the aristocratic class were the only ones who may be allowed to study literature and education. Because to the Purdah System, early marriage, societal taboos, and a great number of other factors, it was very difficult for women from middle class and lower class backgrounds to get an education. Many of them had a strong command of the poetic language. In addition to the literary masterpieces that they produced throughout the Mughal era, women also made substantial contributions to education by establishing institutions during that time period. There were a few princesses and ladies who belonged to aristocratic families who had built mosques and connected madrasas to them in order to provide education.

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