They practice family exogamy and caste endogamy. They follow endogamy with clan exogamy. Heterophily also may be mentioned in areas such as homogamy, exogamy, and endogamy. The Vyas are strictly endogamous and practice clan exogamy. They are an endogamous group and practice gotra exogamy. The Valand are endogamous and practice clan exogamy. Like similar Hindu castes, they are endogamous and maintain a system of gotra exogamy. In Uttar Pradesh, the community is endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. The community are endogamous, and practice clan exogamy. Like many Gujarati Muslim communities, they maintain the principles of gotra exogamy. These marriages are tolerated; however, female exogamy (as in other patrilineal groups) is discouraged. All of them enjoy equal status, and there is no system of gotra exogamy. Anthropologists refer to these sorts of restrictions as exogamy. They assimilated foreigners as commoners and made a new requirement of noble exogamy. Complex marriage prohibitions (including "bee" exogamy) and preferences are negotiated through divination.