History of Mediaeval Hindu India (being a History of India from 600 to 1200 A.D.) v1.c9.8

v1.c9.8

From the above detailed description it will appear that although the ritual of marriage has remained almost the same, there is a difference in the then and the present custom of marriage in two important points namely, that then the bridegroom usually sought the bride and secondly that consummation took place on the first day of marriage indicating of course that the girls were grown up at the time of marriage.