The Perfumed Garden is another book that together with the Kama Sutra and the Ananga Ranga may translate the thoughts and ideas of the people from Arabia and North Africa on the human sexuality and relationships, which had (partly thanks to such books) a major impact on our today's society values.

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The Ananga Ranga is an Indian book on the human sexuality that is frequently confounded with the Kama Sutra (with even some authors referring to the Ananga Ranga as a part of the Kama Sutra, a mistake that is very common on online "versions" of both books containing sex positions). Such mistake probably happens due to the fact that both books are written on the same language and deals with similar subjects (both also including depictions of sex positions). Another similarity between both books is that linguist and explorer Sir Richard Burton, being the Kama Sutra published in 1883 and the Ananga Ranga two years later, published both English translations from the originals in Sanskrit.

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