[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) › c4.30 # The World of Courtesans c4.30 The World of Courtesans c4.30 - **Language:** English ### [c4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.30) The Madras had once settled in Bahlika, though later they migrated to Sialkot They were a pleasure loving people who drank beer, rum, and grape wine and ate beef spiced with garlic, cakes (\*apupa\*) and \*kababs\* (\*mansavati\*). They danced and sang with abandon in their city halls (\*nagaragaravapreshu\*), decked themselves with garlands, and were heavily perfumed. Their music resembled the "braying of asses and the grunting of camels". The women without husbands (\*svamibhartrihata\*) were known as \*hahate\*. According to Dr. V.S. Agrawala this word conceals the Greek word \*hetara\* which stands for courtesan. - [Previous: c4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.29) - [Next: c4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.31) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c4.30) · Pramāṇa