Adelphic or Faternal Polyandry

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when serval brothers share same wife 

  • Tibetan & Khasa of Jaunsar – Dehradoon – Due to economic reasons ; to avoid population pressure on & division of land as scarcity of land. Eldest bro marry & girl automatic wife of all
    • In this fatherhood goes to eldest brother 
  • Toda – due to religious regions belief of female infanticide prevalent → sacrificed to goddess → female imbalance
    • Fatherhood voluntary ; performer of bow & arrow ceremony 
  • Ladakhi Bota 
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