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Throughout the world, gender inequality has been recognized as a well established social notion. Over the period of time, some countries have developed relatively better social position of males and females as equal members of the society and are considered as developed but still a large number do not meet this criterion and thus are at lowest rung of social development. In this regard, South Asian region especially India has no exception. Based on strong socio-cultural norms and traditions, this country stands at lowest pool of gender equality. In this study, the existence of gender negativity and gender insensitivity was measured in the primary level textbooks of India. The focus of the study was to explore existing stereotype and gendered behaviors in textbooks through content analysis. The study concluded that textbooks represented segregated pictures for females to strengthen the patriarchal structure of Asian society.