[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) › c13.45 # The World of Courtesans c13.45 The World of Courtesans c13.45 - **Language:** English ### [c13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.45) When all the arrangements had been completed the king accompanied by the Superintendent of Pastimes started for the \*vesha\*. The area was provided with palaces, \*gopuras\*, gardens etc. The king moved slowly, listened to the delightful music of \*chandala\* girls in one house; in one courtyard a girl was seen dancing to the accompaniment of music. In a second courtyard a musical concert was in progress. At one spot a girl was seated on an ivory chair. She had a jasmine chaplet in her hair. In a third courtyard a girl was looking into a mirror intently and was drawing a \*tilaka\* on the forehead. At the door of a house a girl was waiting to look at the king. One of the girls sang a song in which the king's name appeared again and again. - [Previous: c13.44](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.44) - [Next: c13.46](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.46) - [Up: c13](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.45](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c13.45) · Pramāṇa