General Essay on Dowry
Dowry is that which is paid to the groom and his family by the bride’s family at the time of marriage, which includes payment in cash, jewellery, goods, immovable property etc. The concept of dowry is aid to have been specific to North India region-wise and to the higher castes. Till the nineteenth century South India practiced the system of bride-price where in the groom pays the bride’s family. But through the centuries