[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The World of Courtesans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973) › c12.5 # The World of Courtesans c12.5 The World of Courtesans c12.5 - **Language:** English ### [c12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.5) A fair picture of the courtesans of this period and of the environment in which they worked is to be found in several story books, such as the \*Kuvalayamala\* written in 779 A.D. by Udyotanasuri at Jalod in Rajasthan; \*Shringaramanjari Katha\* of Bhojadeva, the famous ruler of Malwa (c. 1010-1054 A.D.), the \*Nammayasundari Kaha\* of Mahendra Suri and the \*Manasollasa\* of Somesvara written in 1131 A.D. - [Previous: c12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.4) - [Next: c12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.6) - [Up: c12](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12) ## Cites (2) - [Kuvalayamālā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.jaina.post.katha.romance.kuvalayamala) — Uddyotanasūri, Māhārāṣṭrī Prakrit - [Mānasollāsa (Abhilaṣitārthacintāmaṇi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.visvakosa.manasollasa) — Someśvara III, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c12.5) · Pramāṇa