International Journal of History

The study of the Buddhist era attests to the occurrence of a transitional time in Indian history when trade and commerce developed, various types of kingdoms, including monarchical and republican republics, emerged and village culture was changing into urban culture. The Graha Sutta and Dhamma Sutta appear to place emphasis on the significance of the Saṅkhāra in order to uphold the cultural and religious identity that was a distinctive feature of the Vedic religion, whereas heterodox sects like Buddhism attempt to undermine the significance attached to Saṅkhāra and appear to teach the populace that a man (here, man is used in a universal sense meaning for women too) is the maker of himself. In this article I will try to analysis the status of women in Buddhist Era.