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		davidtanner on Aug 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Youngest Are Hungriest While I certainly believe you, I'd still love to see a reference for my own curiosity.

KaoruAoiShiho on Aug 11, 2014 | [–]

Sure:

http://www.hitxp.com/articles/history/origin-dowry-system-br...

https://www.google.com/search?q=dowry+pre+colonial+india&oq=...

heuan on Aug 11, 2014 | [–]

I have only looked at a wikipedia article so far, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry#India which mentions how it changed at the end of the section

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