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III. Polyandry in Ancient India by Sarva Daman Singh This book deals with the practice of Polyandry in ancient India through different ages and has repeated references to sexual unregulation among all classes of men, in which even the Gods participate. Polyandry is observed as neither un-Vedic nor merely un-Aryan. The Mahabharata was said to relate to an age of unrestricted sexual expression, innocent of the later taboos of incest and avoidance. Pandu is said to have told his wife Kunti of a time when women were free to cohabit with anybody they chose without a trace of sin. They went uncloistered, and were their own mistresses, taking their pleasure from where it pleased them.