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Among the ancient authors are found the names of Śālihotra, Pālakāpya, Rājaputra, Vaiśampāyaṇa, Vyāsa, Nakula, Sahadeva, Garga, Mṛgasarmā, Bṛhaspati, Nārada, Gaṇa, Jayadatta Sūri, Dinapathi, Malladeva Paṇḍita, Siṃhadatta, Nala, Vatsya, Śukra, Manu, Kauṭilya and Paraśāra ; and among the authors of later date come Jayadeva, King Indusena, Bhoj, Sāraṅgadhara, Someśvara, Vahada, Bāsavamantri, Girvana, Yuddhavikrama, Viśvanath Vajpaye, Śivarāma Bhupati, Dipaṅkar, and the poet Rudradeva. Each one of them is reported to have contributed a book on veterinary science; many of these works are now lost either in part or in full but some fragments of a few of them are still available here and there, in libraries and oriental institutions. Of all the authors mentioned, names of Salihotra as the authority on horses, and Pālakāpya on elephants stand pre-eminent.