Courtesans

[JN]

thanks to paul hackett for giving the full reference for "FS Gode".

Here are some more references:

Banerji, Sures Chandra & Banerji, Ramala - The castaway of Indian society:  
history of prostitution in India since Vedic times, based on Sanskrit,  
Pali, Prakrit and Bengali sources. Calcutta: Punthi Pustak, 1989.
ISBN: 	81-8509425-X

S. N. Sinha & N. K. Basu - The history of marriage and prostitution, Vedas  
to Vatsyayana. New Delhi: Khama Publishers, 1992.

Biswanath Joardar - Prostitution in historical and modern perspectives.  
New Delhi: Inter-India Publications, 1984.

Shashi Panjrath & O. P. Ralhan - Devadasi system in India. Faridabad: Om  
Publications, 2000.

Santosh Kumar Mukherji - Prostitution in India. New Delhi: Inter-India  
Publications, 1986.

Nagendra K. Singh - Divine prostitution. New Delhi: A.P.H. Pub. Corp.,  
1997.

A. S. Mathur & B. L. Gupta - Prostitutes and prostitution. Agra: Ram  
Prasad 1965.

(In German)
Namouchi, Nicole - Käufliche Liebe: Prostitution im alten Indien.  
Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1995
Europäische Hochschulschriften: Reihe 27, Asiatische und afrikanische  
Studien No. 48 (= München, Univ., Diss., 1995)

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