A Juvenile Polygami st.
« An extraordinary case of polygamy iii furnished by a correspondent to She Indian Daily News, This is what lie says : — " A Brahmin of Bengal gave away his six aunts, .eight wstei'B, and four daughters, in :a batch of altogether 18, in marriage to one petson, a boy of less than ten years old. The brides <of three generations were in age from about fifty to three months at tha lowest The baby bride was brought t > a ceremony on the brass plate. Among the Kulin Brahmins, as a rule, the man who receives in marriage the majority of the daughters of a family is also bound to have the rest, otherwise the minority must suffer a lifelong celibacy. Hundreds of instances like the above may be given if naedeJ." This, says the Times of India, is scarcely credible, bnt a happens to know that Kulin Brahmins are allowed urn* limited scope in matters inartimonial.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 August 1890, Page 3
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158A Juvenile Polygamist. Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 1 August 1890, Page 3
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