The World of Courtesans c4.33

c4.33

The *Mahabharata*, VIII. 30, 57-59 also records an interesting tradition about prostitution or slavery (*bandhaki*) in Bahlika It is said that once a virtuous woman was raped by the Aratta robbers, and she, therefore, pronounced a curse that every Aratta family would have a prostitute. Dr. Agrawala is of the opinion that the Madras represent the Indo-Greeks whose manners and customs were repugnant to the Aryans of the Kuru-Panchala country.