The erotic content described in the classic Hindu work, the Kama Sutra, is the most famous work on sex ever created. Written almost 2,000 years ago, the Kama Sutra refers to all aspects of sexual life, including the principles and techniques of sexual pleasure and how to achieve the ecstatic expression of the beauty of life. In this complete and illustrated guide, Lance Dane accompanies the text of the Kama Sutra with 269 illustrations and significant works of art including coins, palm-leaf manuscripts, sculptures, ancient toys, jewelry, architecture, ivory combs, birch bark, textiles, paintings, murals, and palimpsests. Collected from museums and private collections around the world—as well as his own collection, which includes over 300,000 photographs—these rare images clearly depict all 64 sexual positions and erotic instructions described in the Kama Sutra. The result is a stunning and sensual reading experience through which the teachings of the Kama Sutra come to life.