It seems Tamilnadu was not doing so badly in the old days. In "Castes of Mind" by Nicholas Dirks, I read that there were divorcee and widow remarriages in temples before the British period (see page 73, line 21 from above). Now I see this story of a record of elections and constitution in Uttiramerur in the tenth century via Mark Thoma :
"In disqualifying a candidate, primary importance was given to elimination of corruption. Not only corrupt persons but those who abetted corruption and the near relatives, were debarred from contesting an election for seven generations."
Original report here .
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