A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.58

v1.c17.58

P.V. Sharma formulated as his opinion that the influences of Buddhism, in combination with the overall orientation towards Brāhmaṇism of the Carakasaṃhitā,¹⁴³ show that it was composed in a period when Buddhism was prevalent side by side with Brāhmaṇic culture, or in an age when, though Buddhism was still a living force, Brāhmaṇism was gaining the upper hand, i.e., during the third or early second century B.C., at the juncture of the Maurya and Śuṅga periods.¹⁴⁴