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  Burning Widows Alive http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~wldciv/world_civ_reader/world_civ_reader_2/roy.html
An imaginary essay on the practice of widows being burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyres.
  Kamat: The Tradition of Sati in India http://www.kamat.com/kalranga/hindu/sati.htm
Sati is the traditional Hindu practice of a widow immolating herself on her husband's funeral pyre.
  Sati http://www.vivaaha.org/sati.htm
Account of the origin of the practice. Includes description of Jauhar and social situations in the Middle Ages.
  Sati - Burning of the Hindu widow http://adaniel.tripod.com/sati.htm
Describes the history of this practice, the origins, and recent history.
  The Representation of Sati http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/hardgrave/Satiart.rft.html
Includes a number of drawings by the Flemish artist Baltazard Solvyns from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, together with extracts from European accounts.
  'Horror of Sati' or Tyranny of the Elect? http://hamsa.org/tyranny-elect.htm
On the lack of true dialogue or discussion on the traditions behind sati and related issues.
  Women In The Sacred Laws - The Later Law Books http://www.hindubooks.org/women_in_the_sacredlaws/the_later_lawbooks/page1.htm
An extract from a work by Shakuntala Rao Shastri. Includes early history of the practice, and the way that the treatment of sati came to differ from treatment of other forms of suicide.
  Sati (practice) - Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sati_%28practice%29
Article and a collection of references.

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