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Women who rewrote religious history
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Religion may have been recorded by many men, but it was also questioned, enriched, and transformed by women who dared to ask, seek, believe, and break barriers. In ancient India, the Vedic period offered women a comparatively respected place in intellectual and spiritual life. Scholars such as Gargi Vachaknavi and Maitreyi didn’t settle for mere ritual participation - they went head-to-head with top male scholars in high-stakes philosophical debates recorded in the Upanishads. Centuries later, a
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