The Drunken Courtesan

Mathura School,1st Century AD

      Drinking by both the genders was quite popular in ancient India.  Although not approved as a civil behaviour,  but it was popular nonetheless.  Here we see a courtesan deadly drunk who needs to be supported and carried off to her bedroom.  Such sculptures tell us not only about the jewellery and clothes worn at that time, but also inform us about the life - style.  The man with his fingers on his face symbolises the disapproval of such drunken state.