Kinship and Marriage: Many Rules and Varied Practices

Which of the following statements is correct about the importance of gender differences in the early societies from c. 600 BCE to 600 CE?

1. Societies were patriliny in nature.
2. Women were allowed to give land grants.
3. Sons were considered important for the continuity of the family.

In which type of marriage does a woman have several husbands?

Which of the following statements is correct about the classification of people in terms of ‘gotra’ under Brahmanical practice around 1000 BCE onwards?

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R):

Assertion (A): Women were expected to give up their father’s gotra and take up their husband’s gotra after marriage.
Reason (R): Women who married Satavahana rulers retained their father’s gotras instead of adopting names derived from their husband’s gotra name.

Match the following.

Answer in 100-150 words

Explain why patriliny may have been particularly important among elite families.

Answer in 100-150 words 

In what ways was the Buddhist theory of a social contract different from the Brahmanical view of society derived from the Purusha Sukta?

Write a short essay (about 500 words) on the following:

Discuss the evidence tliat suggests that Brahmanical prescriptions about kinship and F marriage were not universally followed.