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Hindu Intercaste Marriage in India
Haripada Chakraborti
其他書名
Ancient and Modern
出版Sharada Publishing House, 1999
ISBN81856165749788185616575
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=79UnAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋The Marriage Institutions are as old as human race itself. In passage of time the advent of religious influence on the society although had impact on the system and the traditions of marriages. They continued without any change in the concept of its spirit. The author has attempted to draw an outline of the history of Hindu Intercaste Marriage in India, ancient as well as modern. First, the author has discussed marriage and its general principles, various forms, polygamy, polyandry and rules of restriction about gotras and pravaras and also intercaste-marriage in early Vedic period. In the second part, the author has tried to trace the history of intercaste marriage and also interracial mixture in ancient India and the gradual evolution of the Hindu society. The last part contains a detailed discussion of intercaste marriage in modern India along with reform-movement in social sphere and also with legislation in modern India. The book ends with views of different scholars and writers of modern India on intercaste marriage.