Sex and the country: Islamic rule did not disturb the long Indian tradition of erotic writing

Sex and the country: Islamic rule did not disturb the long Indian tradition of erotic writing

By William Dalrymple

Sexuality in India has traditionally been regarded as a subject of legitimate and sophisticated inquiry. The explicitly erotic sculptures at temples such as Khajuraho and Konark in central and eastern India, as well as the long Indian literary tradition of erotic devotional poetry, may be read at one level as metaphors for the longing of the soul for the divine, and of the devotee for God. Yet such poems and sculptures are also clearly a frank expression of pleasure in life and love and sex.

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