Marriage within the sept is prohibited, but the Dheras always, where practicable, arrange the marriage of a boy with his maternal uncle's daughter.

Even in childhood the members of such families address each other as brother-in-law and sister-in-law.

When the bridegroom and bride go home after the marriage ceremony, the bridegroom's sister bars the door of the house and will not let them in until they have severally promised to give her their daughter for her son.

A girl must be married before arriving at adolescence on pain of permanent exclusion from the caste.

If a suitable husband has not therefore been found when the period approaches, the parents marry the girl to her elder sister's husband or any other married man.