T I M E L I N E S
== Very
helpful timelines from the Metropolitan Museum, with
maps: *North* and *South*
I M A G E S
== A tribute
to the erotic: Khajuraho, the magnificent temple
complex in Madhya Pradesh, c.11-12th century: sets
of images from the *Berger Collection* and *DSAL*
==
Illustrations of the Gita-govinda (12th c.):
*Black Peacock*
== A
multi-media Gita-govinda experience: *IGNCA*
T E X T S
==
Kalidasa's play Shakuntala (4th c. CE?), in
the first English translation ever made, that of Sir
William Jones (1789): *Columbia Univ.*; there is also
a study guide for the play: *by Prof. Paul Brians*
== The Kama
Sutra of Vatsyayana, in the classic
translation by Richard Burton (1883): *sacred-texts*
== Another,
later Sanskrit erotic classic, the 16th-century Ananga
Ranga by Kalyana Malla, in Burton's
translation (1885): *sacred-texts*
== Joseph S.
Alter, The Wrestler's Body: Identity and
Ideology in North India (1992): *Univ. of California Press*