The World of Courtesans c8.208

c8.208

The courtesans, however, were not just money-grabbing machines. When they grew rich, they often set up works of public utility such as wells. They built temples, tanks, gardens, groves, bridges, constructed *chaityas* and provided them with perfumes and rice. They gave away cows to the Brahmans and made arrangements for the worship of the deities and collected funds for the maintenance of the temples.