Age of the Nandas and Mauryas c9.s37.3

c9.s37.3

⁴ Purchase of wives from their parents in exchange for a yoke of oxen is mentioned in this context as a universal rule; but this is surely due to some misunderstanding on the part of Megasthenes or Strabo. The prescription is known to Indian law-books and applies only to the *ārsha* form of marriage.