History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c8.13

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∗ Hiuen Tsang's remark that women never contract a second marriage must be understood as relating to the three higher grades only, as there can be no doubt that Sūdras allowed widow mirriage even in his days. It is possible to suppose that the Jats, Gurjars and Marathas though Aryans have borrowed this custom from the Sūdras with whom as agriculturists or cattle grazers they must have come inte a close and constant contact.