Essay name: Surgery in ancient India (Study)
Author:
P. P. Prathapan
Affiliation: Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit / Department of Sanskrit Sahitya
This essay studies Surgery in ancient India based on Sanskrit sources such as the Sushruta Samhita. These references indicate evidence of theoretical and practical knowledge of hygiene rivaling contemporary routine practices. Further topics include Ayurveda, a historical study of surgery, surgical schools and instruments used in ancient India.
Chapter 1 - Ayurveda and Sanskrit literature
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in ancient Hindus, Educational centres agencies of education and effects
of the educational system of the ancient hindus etc in a very detailed
manner.
N.L Gupta explains in his work Educational Ideals and Institutions in
Mah膩bh膩rata (1997) various institutions, aims and ideals of education
curriculum, methods of education etc.
Suresh C. Ghosh in his work History of Education in India (2007)
gives details about the Indian education during the time of ancient India
3000 BC to 1192 AD, Medieval India 1192 AD to 1757 AD and modern
India from 1757 to 1999.
Sanskrit education commission reports of Sunith Kumar Chatterji
(1956-57) gives a detailed account of states of Sanskrit education in the
Independent India and gives important suggestions for the betterment of
Sanskrit education.
Dr. Radhakrishnan Commission (1948-49), Mudaliar Commission
(1952-53), Sunithi Kumar Chatterji (1956-57), Kothari Commission (1964-
66), National Policy on Education (1986) makes several statements about
the Sanskrit education in the country.
About the Sanskrit education in Kerala valuable information are
available from the works of historians of Sanskrit literature like Ulloor S.
Paremeswara lyyar, Vadakumkur Raja Raja Varma etc.
