CONTENTS:- The vedic age; The brahmanic period and the epic age; The great epic mahabharata; Indra and the heavenly hetairae; Immortal traffic laws in the smritis; Prostitutes in the puranas; The buddha and the coutesans; The jatakakas and the nunnery; From Ajatsatru to alexander; From Chandragupta to asoka; In the age of Vatsyayana.
DESCRIPTION
The book is based on Sanskrit texts from Vedic Age to the Age of Vatsyayana.