The Position of Women in Hindu Civilisation, from Prehistoric Times to the Present Day c7.s5.1

c7.s5.1

Let us now consider the question of the qualifications of the bride and bridegroom. Wealth, beauty, health, intelligence and good family were the main considerations in the selection of the bride and the bridegroom. Naturally opinion was not unanimous about the relative importance to be attached to each of these factors, and we find different advocates claiming superiority for each of them. In actual practice different persons must have been swayed by different considerations.