The "Bala Kanda" of the "Ramayana" is the earliest text to describe Ahalya's seduction in detail. It states that Indra becomes enamoured by Ahalya's beauty, learns of her husband's absence and comes to the ashram disguised as Gautama to request sexual intercourse with her, praising her as a shapely and slim-waisted woman. She sees through his disguise, but consents owing to her "curiosity". According to another interpretation, Ahalya's pride in her beauty compels her. Having satiated his lust, Ahalya requests that Indra, her "lover" and the "best of gods", flee and protect them from Gautama's wrath. The "Kathasaritsagara" (11th century CE) is one of the few texts that mirror the "Bala Kanda"'s Ahalya, who makes a conscious decision to accept Indra's advances. However, in this text Indra arrives undisguised.