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Which of the following is NOT true about Gotras? |
Each gotra was named after a Vedic seer. Women were expected to give up their fathers Gotras and adopt that of their husband on marriage Members of the same Gotras could marry outside the village. None of the above |
Members of the same Gotras could marry outside the village. |
One Brahmanical practice, evident from c. 1000 BCE onwards, was to classify people (especially Brahmanas) in terms of gotras. Each gotra was named after a Vedic seer, and all those who belonged to the same gotra were regarded as his descendants. Two rules about gotra were particularly important: women were expected to give up their father’s gotra and adopt that of their husband on marriage and members of the same gotra could not marry. |
