Question

describe the features of the kingship system of North india​

Answer 1

Answer:

Gotra exogamy: One must not marry into his father's, his mother's and his father's mother's gotra. In orthodox societies, marriage into one's mother's mother's gotra is also a taboo.

Spatial and geographical limits of endogamy and exogamy: If a daughter is given into a certain family of a certain village, a second daughter is generally not given into the same family or village in that generation and not in the next two generations at least.

• Marriages are customarily arranged - partners are chosen from within the caste (endogamy)

• Hypergamy - Women tend to marry slightly upwards in the status hierarchy

• Marriage of cousins viewed with great disfavour

• Local exogamy, even if they are of different gotras

• Rules of marriage:- must not marry in his patri-clan - must avoid marriage with children of his mother's siblings and cousins - must avoid marriage with children of his F'Zs children and with the children of his F's female cousins

• Avoid marriage with Sapinda - 5 generations in the male line (Agnatic) and 3 generations in the female line (Uterine)

• Asymmetrical relationship between wife-givers and wife-takers

• Early marriage of girls and boys

Gauna ceremony

• Separate rules of conduct for daughters and brides

• Leviratic unions