History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.436
History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v7.c99.436
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fixed 14 years (later raised to 15 by the Hindu Marriage Act 25 of 1955) as minimum age for girls' marriages and is partly responsible for giving rise to the modern problem of spinsters in Hindu Society, 1338