The first consisted of some form of subsistence of above 2,000 panas and Jewellery: over this a woman had absolute control. This is the only kind of property, which a king cannot claim, where there are no heirs to the state. Woman as a sister has a claim to inherit this kind of property.

The second is the compensation she may have obtained for allows in her husband to marry another woman. The third is the money, which her parents may have received from her husband. Hence when a divorce takes place, the husband has to pay compensation.

Kautilya’s rules for the remarriage of men 6 are more strict than those he prescribes for women. They have to wait a much longer period before they can marry again. A man can remarry only under the following circumstances :