Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, or the Central and Western Rajput States of India v2.c27.s5.15

v2.c27.s5.15

¹ So are some of the Hindu races in the mountainous districts about the Himalaya, and in other parts of India. This curious trait in ancient manners is deserving of investigation : it might throw some light on the early history of the world. [" Each man has but one wife, yet all the women are held in common : for this is a custom of the Massagetae, and not of the Scythians, as the Greeks wrongly say " (Herodotus i. 216). For polyandry in India see Risley, The People of India, 2nd ed. 206 ff.]