ri had is var a ▁also ▁has ▁examples ▁of ▁religious ▁references ▁to ▁trans sex ual ▁people ▁and ▁third ▁g enders ▁through ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁Ar d han ar ish var a . ▁ ▁European ▁Col onial ism ▁( 1 5 0 0 ▁CE ) ▁ ▁A ▁number ▁of ▁art work ▁and ▁records ▁exist ▁that ▁can ▁att est ▁to ▁the ▁fre ed oms ▁enjoyed ▁by ▁hom osex uals ▁prior ▁to ▁colonial ism , ▁including ▁religious ▁stat ues ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁ones ▁at ▁Tan j ore . ▁Similarly ▁Buddh ism ▁has ▁no ▁significant ▁history ▁of ▁condem n ation ▁of ▁hom osex ual ▁acts . ▁ ▁Hom osex uals ▁are ▁c ater ed ▁for ▁in ▁the ▁K ama ▁S ut ra ▁and ▁other ▁H indu ▁medical ▁books . ▁The ▁Kam as ut ra ▁was ▁written ▁around ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁century ▁AD ▁by ▁V ā ts y ā y ana , ▁and ▁it ▁says ▁that ▁hom osex ual ▁sex ▁"" is ▁to ▁be ▁engaged ▁in ▁and ▁enjoyed ▁for ▁its ▁own ▁sake ▁as ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁arts " ▁and ▁dev otes ▁a ▁chapter ▁to ▁describing ▁the ▁acts ▁of ▁hom osex ual ▁and ▁third ▁gender ▁sex . ▁ ▁Estado ▁da ▁Í nd ia ▁ ▁Portuguese ▁India ▁had ▁territorial ▁control ▁over ▁only ▁certain ▁parts ▁of ▁modern - day ▁India ' s ▁western ▁coast ▁and ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁L anka , ▁with ▁the ▁remaining ▁being ▁settlement s ▁in ▁Southern ▁India ▁( including ▁T amil ▁N adu ), ▁with ▁these ▁settlement s ▁and ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁L anka ▁being ▁captured