[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [General history and culture](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general) › [The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922) › v1.c21.25 # The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c21.25 The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c21.25 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c21.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c21.25) The Gṛihya Sūtras show that there was no one rite of universal acceptation in those ceremonies most intimately connected with domestic felicity. Indeed, the author of the Āçvalāyana Gṛihya Sūtra (I, 7, 1) says expressly that in the matter of weddings, ‘customs are diverse,’ and he gives only that which is common usage. Thus he tells how the bride is to go about the fire, mount the stone, pour out grain, gaze at the pole-star, etc., but does not mention other rites which other Gṛihya Sūtras enjoin. Some of these, however, are of universal interest; and a comparison of the Hindu ceremonies with those of other Āryan-speaking peoples shows that in all probability the Indian ritual has preserved elements reaching far back into prehistoric times¹. - [Previous: v1.c21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c21.24) - [Next: v1.c21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c21.26) - [Up: v1.c21](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c21) ## Linked texts (1) - [Āśvalāyanagṛhyasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vedanga.kalpa.grhya.asvalayana) — Āśvalāyana, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c21.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.general.rapson-1922.v1.c21.25) · Pramāṇa