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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}<br /> The &#039;&#039;&#039;Anthapura&#039;&#039;&#039; or &#039;&#039;&#039;Antahpura&#039;&#039;&#039; ([[Sanskrit]] {{lang|sa|अन्तःपुर}}) was the royal [[harem]] of an Indian palace, the portion of king&#039;s palace where the queen and other court ladies stayed—the &#039;ladies&#039; section&#039; of the palace.&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Feminism and Indian realities&#039;&#039; by K A Kunjakkan. New Delhi: Mittal Publications, 2002. chapter on &quot;Women during the Vedic age&quot;&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> Normally, this portion of the palace would be accompanied with the Queen&#039;s Bath. Most of the palaces in India have &#039;&#039;anthapura&#039;&#039; as integral part (for example, [[Hampi]] and [[Mysore Palace]]).&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;Early Indian secular architecture&#039;&#039; by K Krishna Murthy. Delhi: Sundeep Prakashan, 1987. p.113 and following.&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> *[[Women-only space]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Architecture of India]]<br /> [[Category:Palaces in India]]<br /> [[Category:Indian culture]]<br /> [[Category:Women&#039;s culture]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-palace-stub}}</div>

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