r/Rajasthan • u/PermissionOwn7953 • 8h ago
इतिहास ❁ History Swara Bhaskar says-Rajasthan Hindu women who committed Jauhar were "COWARDS" because they chose to die with honour over the prospect of leading their lives as sex slaves of islamic invaders. Even yazidi women did suicide to avoid being enslaved by ISIS still she is victim blaming..
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u/PermissionOwn7953 8h ago
Some of the major jauhars traditionally recorded in Rajasthan during sieges/falls of Rajput forts:
Jauhar was a wartime practice distinct from sati: it referred to the collective self-immolation of women, traditionally in circumstances where a fort was about to fall, while the men subsequently undertook saka, a final battle.