The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c16.s2.82
The Early History of the Deccan (Parts I–XI) v2.c16.s2.82
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v2.c16.s2.82
The next subject (Plate XXIV *b*) perhaps represents reversing in the dance; the woman dancer who was on the left of her male companion in the last scene is now on his right. She has raised her arms and joined her hands to suggest that she is tired of her partner and desires to run away, although he is still clasping her. In the mimic struggle her dress has become disarrayed, a device to suggest sexual feeling.