Marriage within the same Gotra was forbidden.
They did not adopt their husband's Gotra.
We all belong to the same Gotra, one family.
Kautilya is presumably the name of the author's Gotra(clan).
A person can not marry within Gotra as well as outside gol.
The Jat population of this
village are mainly of the Dhull clan Gotra.
All the residents of that particular state unit were identified by that Gotra.
All the residents of that particular state unit became identified by that Gotra.
Her mother and my mother's Gotra are same but father Gotra is different.
Now suppose the Son
gets married to a girl whose father belongs to Gotra Kashyapa.
The aim behind this is that the marriage should not take place in the same *Gotra*.
That is a girl of"Goel" Gotra could not marry a"Goel boy"',
but could be married in any of the other 17 Gotra.
That is a girl of Goel Gotra could not marry a Goel Gotra boy,
but could be married in any of the other 17 Gotra.
It means marriage should be done with the girl who may not be in six generations of the mother and
not from the *Gotra* of the father.
They[khaps] are only against same Gotra marriages for which they had made a representation to the Central
government seeking an amendment to the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955, which was a democratic act.
While it is akin to a family name,
the given name of a family is often different from its Gotra; given names may reflect the traditional occupation,
place of residence or other important family characteristic rather than Gotra.