India, Aug. 19 -- The concept of inheritance is perhaps as old as civilisation itself. Historically, societies have taken one of two stances towards it. At one end of the spectrum, the ancient Greeks postulated that family wealth was to be shared more or less equally among sons (daughters were generally not beneficiaries of the estate at this time). Early Chinese civilisation ascribed to another school of thought, that of primogeniture. Here, the eldest son was entitled to inherit most of the estate. Primogeniture went on to become quite widespread in medieval times (especially among monarchic societies, which are inherently primogenital), but, as centuries have passed, it has come to be seen as unfair and its popularity has reduced....