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Which of the following statements about the Rigvedic Aryans is incorrect?

A. We do not find any trace of widow remarriage in the Rigvedic period

B. We have some indications of polyandry in this period

C. There are no examples of child marriage in this period

D. The practice of levirate was known

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

Even Vedas speaks of Widow Remarriage for a Widow. The Rigveda contains a famous passage mentioning Sati and preventing it. To a widow who is with her husband on his funeral pyre, the text says: rise up, abandon this dead man and re-join the living.

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