Mallanaga Vātsyāyana is the name of an Indian philosopher in the Cārvāka or Lokyāta tradition, who lived some time in the Gupta period (4th to 6th centuries CE ). India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence knowledge truth beauty justice validity mind and language Cārvāka is a system of Indian philosophy that assumed various forms of philosophical skepticism and religious indifference The Gupta Empire ( Hindi: गुप्त राजवंश was ruled by members of the Gupta dynasty from around 320 to 550 C As a means of recording the passage of Time, the 4th century (per the Julian calendar and Anno Domini / Common era) was that Century The 6th century is the period from 501 to 600 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Christian / Common Era. He is known as the author of the Kama Sutra, and of Nyāya Sutra Bhāshya, the first commentary on Gotama's Nyāya Sutras. The Kama Sutra ( Sanskrit: कामसूत्र (alternative spellings Kamasutram or simply Kamasutra) is an ancient Indian The Nyāya Sūtras is an ancient Indian text on of Philosophy composed by Akṣapāda Gautama (also Gotama; c