00:00Across this series, we've crossed oceans and centuries, looking at women who mastered the art of leverage in the dark.
00:06We've seen court sorceresses at Versailles, secret poison networks on Roman nightstands, colonial autocrats in Chile, frontier death traps in
00:15Kansas, subterranean deliverers in Russia, and gaslit urban figures in Barcelona.
00:22Today, we step back into antiquity and medieval history, traveling to the royal courts of ancient India.
00:32When power is absolute and the stakes are life or death, how do you eliminate a rival when a drawn
00:39sword or a standard cup of wine is too easily guarded against?
00:43You turn human biology into an asymmetric weapon.
00:48Today, we're exploring the legendary, terrifying institution of the Vishakanya.
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