Back to the future: Marriage and live-in relationships in ancient India
From the Mahabharata to the Arthashastra, what our literary texts can tell us about how ancient Indian society treated unions of all kinds
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From the Mahabharata to the Arthashastra, what our literary texts can tell us about how ancient Indian society treated unions of all kinds
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