The World of Courtesans c8.3

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c8.3

Apart from the literary evidences which support the view that the *Vaishika* culture flourishing in the great Indian cities was a wealthy and prosperous one, an inscription of the second century from Mathura shows that *ganikas* had considerable influence there. It is inscribed on a tablet of honour (*ayagapata*) carved with a complete *stupa*, surmounted by a railing and approached by means of a flight of steps and an ornamental gateway. It may be translated as follows:

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