Kautilya's Arthashastra 3.5.20

3.5.20

aprāptavyavahārāṇāṃ deyaviśuddhaṃ mātṛbandhuṣu grāmavṛddheṣu vā sthāpayeyuḥ āvyavahāraprāpaṇāt, proṣitasya vā //

Division of inheritance shall be made when all the inheritors have attained their majority. If it is made before, the minors shall have their shares, free of all debts.

These shares of the minors shall be placed in the safe custody of the relatives of their mothers, or of aged gentlemen of the village, till they attain their majority. The same rule shall hold good in the case of those who have gone abroad. Unmarried brothers shall also be paid as much marriage cost as is equal to that incurred in the marriages of married brothers (sannivishtasamamasannivishtebhyonaivesanikam dadyuh). Daughters, too, (unmarried) shall be paid adequate dowry (prádánikam), payable to them on the occasion of their marriages.