The World of Courtesans c13.22

c13.22

After descending from their litters they were conducted to the seats reserved for them They were followed by a retinue of women attendants and courtesans, who employed horses and mules to transport them or came there on foot. They wore ornaments made of gold and conch shells, red, green and blue garments, garlands of lotuses and other fragrant flowers. The women from the Tamil country exposed their breasts, and the women from Maharashtra had smeared their foreheads with cinnabar. The women from Karnataka wore their *uttariya* on the left and the Gujarati girls wore full-sleeved bodices. They took their seats on both sides of the throne and behind the king.