[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra # Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vatsyayana's Kamasutra (Social Life in Ancient India: Studies in Vātsyāyana's Kāmasūtra) Date and place of the Kāmasūtra; geography, the nāgaraka's daily life, house, dress, arts (kalās), marriage, women and courtesans as depicted in it. - **Language:** English - **Author:** [Haran Chandra Chakladar](https://indike.org/pramana/person/chakladar-hc) - **Extent:** 1,113 passages, 66,961 words - **Text:** complete digital text - **Source:** archive.org · 1st ed., Calcutta: Greater India Society 1929; scan on archive.org, OCR Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite; chapters and… · Public domain in India: every author died before 1966 (Haran Chandra Chakladar †1958); published before 1931:… ## Contents - [c1 Front matter](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c1) — 5 parts - [c2 Social Life in Ancient India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c2) — 5 parts - [c3 Introductory Note](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c3) — 5 parts - [c4 Foreword](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c4) — 19 parts - [c5 Chapter I. Date of the Kāmasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c5) — 4 parts - [c6 Chapter II. The Geography of Vātsyāyana](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c6) — 330 parts - [c7 Chapter III. Social Life in Ancient India: As Depicted in Vātsyāyana's Kamasutra: I Castes and Occupations](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c7) — 83 parts - [c8 Chapter IV. Marriage and Courtship](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929.c8) — 175 parts --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chakladar-1929) · Pramāṇa