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Child Marriages

Child marriages were very common in ancient India. Although child marriages were

mostly common among the poor in India, some of the rich people also followed this

custom. The child marriage tradition was brought to India in the medieval age by the

Delhi Sultans who were ruling India at the time (Birodkar, n.d). Due to the major

problem of Muslim rebels roaming free in the streets of India, the custom of child

marriage was brought into the system to marry the girls off before they reach their

marriageable age ("A History of Child Marriage in Ancient India," n.d). This also

prevented and protected a girl from losing her virginity before she got married. Girls got

married before they started menses, but they lived with their birth parents for a while

after the marriage ("A History of Child Marriage in Ancient India," n.d). As soon as the

girls started menses, they would be sent over to their husbands' home. It was believed......

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