The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine: Its Origins and its Greek Parallels c14.39

c14.39

Bohlan by basing himself on Herodotos (*Ind. Alt.*, I, pp. 465-466; II, p. 639) the word *kāla* “black” in the name of the Kalatiai. One may ask oneself if this name does not cover a form *khalati*, “bald” attested since the *Yajurveda*, not, of course, as the name of any people.