| Numerous suttee stones, memorials to the wives who died in this way, are found all over India, the earliest dated 510 ce. |
| Her grandmother was widowed and they burned her alive in suttee, a Hindu practice the British stopped. |
| What about suttee in India, a traditional practice abolished by the British colonialists? |
| Religious edicts have underpinned suicide bombings, amputations, female infanticide and genital mutilation, and the practice of suttee. |
| Cecil Adams points out that some Hindus, including women, argue that suttee should be allowed because it's an integral part of their tradition. |
| As such, the campaigns against thuggee and suttee frequently cropped up in imperial apologetics. |
