Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Dowry Exists -- 1 Dowry and Fatal Auspiciousness -- 2 Text and Context -- 3 What is "Good Custom" or Sadācāra? -- 4 Legal Texts, Religious Rites and Social Traditions -- 5 The Phantom of Dowry in Context and Text -- 6 Ancient Marriage Expectations and the Ṛgveda -- 7 Dowry in Ancient Marriage Arrangements -- 8 Anti-Dowry Law: A Misguided Strategy -- 9 Dowry as Sadācāra Becomes Dharma -- Bibliography -- Index
