Caste in India: The Facts and the System c6.s3.30

c6.s3.30

The exogamous group exists even amongst the Muslim tribes of the frontier zone, who can barely be regarded as forming part of the Hindu community. Sometimes it is very restricted; but it is present everywhere in spite of the tendency of the Muslim populations to marry within a limited radius.³ The exceptions, if such there be, are so rare and can be explained by such special circumstances that they are negligible.⁴