[The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) by R.V. Russell]@TWC D-Link bookThe Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India--Volume I (of IV) PART I 221/364
They have Rajput sept names, as Parihar, Rathor, Solanki, Sesodia and others, which constitute exogamous groups and are called _kulis._ Some of these have split up into two or three subdivisions, as, for instance, the Pathar (stone) Panwars, the Pandhre or white Panwars and the Dhatura or thorn-apple Panwars; and members of these different groups may intermarry.
The reason seems to be that it was recognised that people belonged to the same Panwar sept who were not blood kin to each other, and the prohibition of marriage between them was a serious inconvenience in a small community.
They also have eponymous _gotras_, as Vasishtha, Batsa and others of the Brahmanical type, but these do not influence exogamy.
The paucity of their numbers and the influence of local usage have caused them to relax the marriage rules adhered to by Rajputs.
Women are very scarce, and a price varying from forty to a hundred rupees is commonly paid for a bride, though they feel keenly the degradation attaching to the acceptance of a bride-price.
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