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Charaka

Physician

What they did

The Charaka Samhita sets out internal medicine, the examination of a patient, diet and daily and seasonal regimen, epidemiology of place and season, and the ethics required of a physician.

The text

Charaka Samhita

When

Date disputed; the received text is a redaction of an older tradition · disputed · disputed
The surviving text is compiled and later redacted

Where

Unknown or disputed.

Where it maps in modern education

Human biology, health and first aid · CBSE · ICSE · IGCSE · IB — Ayurveda — Sharira (anatomy and physiology), Swasthavritta (public health). Anatomy by dissection and observation, digestion and metabolism, epidemiology of season and place, diet, sleep, daily and seasonal regimen, hygiene.

Evidence: traditionally attributed · no modern scholarly reference recorded yet.