[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [Travellers (1500–1858)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel) › [Storia do Mogor](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci) › [Storia do Mogor (Irvine)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine) › 258.1 # Storia do Mogor 258.1 Storia do Mogor (Irvine) 258.1 - **Language:** English ### [258.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.1) When the conditions have been agreed on, and the price to be paid to the father-in-law for his daughter has been fixed, on the day before the wedding they throw a string over the bridegroom's head. It is made of three strings of three threads each. In each of these three threads, again, there are three cotton threads. The string is passed over one shoulder and under the other armpit. It is a sign or mark of nobility, and this is called the Marriage of the Thread. After this has been done, the future husband declares that he will enter into no farther bonds, and departs in simulated anger. But the parents follow him, call him back, by arguments and smooth words persuade him he must marry. Since no one is more desirous to do so than he is, no long discourses are needed to convince him. - [Previous: 257.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.257.10) - [Next: 258.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.2) - [Up: 258](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.travel.manucci~en-irvine.258.1) · Pramāṇa