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Śālihotra is said to have lived in Salutar, a country near Gandhara, the modern Kandahar. Manuscript entitled Aśvayurveda Siddhayoga Saṃgraha (P.P.S. No 11251 and Burnell Catalogue No 12302, S.M. Library, Tanjore) is ascribed to Salihotra, who seems to be the foremost and indeed, the father of all Indian authors on veterinary science. Antiquity of Śālihotra may be inferred from the fact that he has been quoted by Hemadri in Vratakhaṇḍa. Some portions from his work have been quoted in the Agni Purāṇa, the Matsya Purāṇa and Garuḍa Purāṇa. This tends to prove that Śālihotra’s work is pre-Puranic.