Abdali's soldiers took about 22,000 Hindu women and young children and brought them to their camps.

Hindu women normally keep their birth names, but in the new generation, adding the husband's name is also observed.

Hindu women have also been known to be victims of kidnapping and forced conversion to Islam.

Many Hindu women will also remove their nose ring and toe rings as well.

Hindu women were forced to wear burqas, ostensibly a measure to "protect" them from harassment.

Hindu women keep their head uncovered in temples, but its not a strictly followed custom.

The red dot symbolizes social caste and is worn on the forehead by many Hindu women.

Finally, not all Hindu women wear the sari, nor do they have to fast once a week.

Hindu women were forced to drape themselves in yellow dress and wear iron necklace.

Hindu women, who had been allowed to cover only their heads, were ordered to wear burkas but also the identifying yellow cloth.