This book for the first time draws upon a wide sweep of more than two thousand years of Radha in a varied role in art and literature. She is found in the humble religious life, in Prakrit poetry and folklore. Leading poets from the late seventh or early eighth century AD onwards, rave about Radha as a follow-up to Hala's Gatha Saptasati. There is no cloak of devotion or adulation to the Supreme Being. Since 450 AD the Tamil epic ...
