INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NOVEL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT International Peer Reviewed & Refereed Journals, Open Access Journal ISSN Approved Journal No: 2456-4184 | Impact factor: 8.76 | ESTD Year: 2016
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Polyandry (Common Marriage) has occurred all over the world, among human societies at all levels of social hierarchy. Polyandry is extremely rare, being found in only a few societies of the World. In only a very few regions in the world is Polyandry an accepted practice. It was reported among the number of communities belonging to various regions of the world. It is a specific form of polygamy in which the wife is married to more than one husband simultaneously. There is one reference to Polyandry in Hindu Epic Mahabharata. In India it is reported from the states of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Jammu and Kashmir in the North, from Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh in the North East, from Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the South. This paper aims to study the history, evolution and current position of Polyandry(Common Marriage) in India with special reference to District kinnaur of Himachal Pradesh.
Keywords:
Polyandry; Custom; Marriage; Ethics; Culture; Himachal; Family
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"Customary Law of Polyandry (Common Marriage) in District Kinnaur of Himachal Pradesh", International Journal of Novel Research and Development (www.ijnrd.org), ISSN:2456-4184, Vol.8, Issue 11, page no.d554-d561, November-2023, Available :http://www.ijnrd.org/papers/IJNRD2311360.pdf
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