The English, who were ignorant of the long tradition of Indian spiritual literature, declared that there was no religious basis for child marriage and found support for their beliefs from their supporters within the Brahmin caste. Nearly all British educated Indians of the era parroted the English position that child marriage was an insidious evil and destroying the fabric of Indian society.
http://cryingsparrow.blogspot.it/2008/05/child-mar... 
sono stati gli inglesi con la loro cultura ad affossare i matrimoni con minori
nella culture induiste che non hanno subito colonizzazione inglese forse rimane più accettazione per tali pratiche e sarebbe il caso di Bali