Most eunuchs earn a living by collecting cash gifts from people during marriages and child births.
By some accounts that is when they disappeared, probably sold off by eunuchs.
He has recently ordered Pakistan's government to stop discrimination against eunuchs and granted them special medical and public facilities.
The eunuch's opponents were from a local cricket club called the Olympians, while the eunuchs' team was called Sanam (Beloved) XI.
Contemporary accounts written by overawed foreign dignitaries marvelled at the palace's legendary staff of black eunuchs, its famed musicians and its elegant purpose-built pavilions.
The commission said it had received several representations from individuals and groups to include eunuchs in the electoral rolls with a separate identity.
The eunuchs did an impromptu dance on the pitch after they won the match, and said that they felt "very greatly appreciated" by the crowd.
The imperial family were catered for by vast armies of servants - cooks, concubines, eunuchs, officials and soldiers - who pampered them while also scheming to improve their own positions.
The parade was lent a uniquely Indian flavour by flamboyant cross-dressing hijras, known as eunuchs, although many modern hijras are gay men who feel alienated by mainstream society.
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For something more regal, try the imperial hutong courtyards, including those once lived in by royal eunuchs, in the area immediately northeast of Jingshan Park, just north of the Forbidden City.
We know that the clock mechanism soon broke down, and it was up to the eunuchs to pump water manually every time the emperor was passing in front of the statues.
Chinese emperors favoured employing eunuchs in senior positions.
"The commission has duly considered the request and has decided to allow eunuchs and transsexuals to indicate their sex as 'Other' where they do not want to be described as male or female, " the Election Commission said in a press release.
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