The Rashtrakutas and their Times c21.144

c21.144

There is no Purda system even today in the Deccan, except in the case of a few royal families who are known to have imitated it from the north. We may, therefore, well presume that the custom was unknown in our period. Abu Zaid says :—' Most princes in India allow their women to be seen when they hold their Court. No veil conceals them from the eyes of the visitors.'¹¹³ The statement in the Kadba plates that the moon-faced damsels in the court of Kṛṣṇa I, who were skilful in exhibiting internal sentiments by means of the movements of their hands, used to give delight to the ladies of the capital, would support the testimony of Abu Zaid that no Purda was observed in the Deccan of our period.