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An ancient Indian poet named Kokkoka (known as Koka, or as Koka Pundit), wrote the Sanskrit text Rati Rahasya, also known as the Koka Śāstra, which is a handbook on practical erotica. The text was most likely written in the eleventh or in the twelfth century, although its precise date of composition is unknown. According to the legend, Ratirahasya may have been composed to appease Venudutta, a monarch. Siddha patiya pandita , or "an ingenious man among learned men," is how Kokkoka identifies himself in the book. Before the Indian subcontinent was subjected to geographic and religious invasions, it was home to extensive exploration of manifold kinds of sensory indulgence. These explorations were of a precise, unbiased technical nature that lied beyond social structures, and highlighted the dangers and pleasures of such explorations. The works emergent from these explorations hold extensive algorithms that elaborate on the development of physical and psychological discord i...