Key points The 'Kama Sutra' is attributed to Vatsyayana, who lived in the 3rd century. Only in 1962 could the work be published in the USA and UK. Still today, many Westerners think of it as no ...

Kama-inspired motifs are common on mediaeval Hindu temples, such as the Kandariya Mahadeva temple at Khajuraho (pictured), suggesting that the prudishness of modern Indians, or at least, middle ...

After all, Kama Sutra, written in Sanskrit - the literary language of ancient India - by Vatsyayana, who claimed to be a celibate himself, is possibly the most celebrated treatise on love and sex.