Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra c6.40

c6.40

Of the countries of the Udīcya or northern division, Vātsyāyana speaks still less than of the Madhyadeśa or the Midland proper. He nowhere mentions the Udīcya division by name but he refers to the customs and practices of some of the countries in the Udīcya division and even beyond the northern hills. Of the people on the Himalayas he speaks in general (Haimavatanam) without mentioning any particular country or state, saying that among the Haimavatas or people of the Himalayas, "adventurous citizens combining together bribe the sentinels and enter the harem,"