One of the members in the organization that I work for is probably in his 60’s, from India. He paid over $150,000 for his daughter’s dowry. Apparently, if it is outlawed (and I didn’t google it so I don’t know for sure what the deal is with the law) it’s still going on, perhaps informally. This is a person who probably makes about $100k, if that’s any way to determine how the amount was arrived at.