So.. these gold Gupta coins depict Chandragupta I & his queen Kumaradevī (319–335 CE).

She's on-display, paraded around the empire..

Though the Guptas certainly strengthened Brahmins & casteist patriarchy, it does not appear that they idealised female seclusion & confinement.

Multiple coins have been found in this same style..

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Even when studies do examine ancient or medieval patriarchy,

many focus on aspects that were universal & crumbled with industrialisation (eg obedience/ menstruation taboos)

They omit the overwhelmingly important question:

Did they idealise seclusion?

Ever since the 1970s, feminist historians & anthropologists have sought to write women into the historical record, to highlight their agency & important contributions,

Though, in my view, this focus on the exceptional few often minimises massive patriarchal oppression …

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