 In the general population men wore two simple pieces of cloth , a loose garment on top and a garment worn like a dhoti for the lower part of the body . Only kings could wear turbans , a practice that spread to the masses much later . Dancing was a popular entertainment and inscriptions speak of royal women being charmed by dancers , both male and female , in the king 's palace . Devadasis ( girls were " married " to a deity or temple ) were often present in temples . Other recreational activities included attending animal fights of the same or different species . The <unk> inscription ( hero stone , virgal ) was made for the favourite hound of the feudatory Western Ganga King Butuga II that died fighting a wild boar in a hunt . There are records of game preserves for hunting by royalty . Astronomy and astrology were well developed as subjects of study , and there were many superstitious beliefs such as catching a snake alive proved a woman 's chastity . Old persons suffering from incurable diseases preferred to end their lives by drowning in the sacred waters of a pilgrim site or by a ritual burning . 
