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CROSS-COUSIN marriage is widely prevalent among the primitive peoples of Assam, Of the two types, the marriage with the daughter of the mother's brother is more frequent. Different theories have been put forward by ethnologists as to the origin of this custom, but none of them seems to be tenable in Assam area.
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BOSE, J. Origin of Cross-Cousin Marriage in Assam. Nature 139, 328 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139328a0
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