 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.