The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.5
The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c19.s1.5
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c19.s1.5
Age of marriage, about 16 before *c.* 400 B. C., 58-62, 411; 14 or 15 during 400 B. C. to 100 A.D., 62-4; before puberty after *c.* 200 A. D., 66-8, 419-20; but not among Kshatriyas, 69; curses on post-puberty marriages, 67; age lowered to 7 or 8, 68, 70, 429-30; why lowering of age accepted, 71-2, 419-20; developments during the last 50 years, 73-5.