The World of Courtesans c12.95

c12.95

In Karnataka the institution of public women had become common even before the establishment of the Vijayanagar empire, and continued later on the earlier pattern. Mahadeva, the general of the western Chalukyan king Vikramaditya VII in 1112 A.D. raised the temple of god Chandaleshvara at Ittagi, constructed a suburb and brought beautiful women to the spot and established them there.