A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.6

v1.c17.6

Aśvaghoṣa, attached to Kaniṣka’s court according to Chinese tradition, mentions Ātreya in his *Buddhacarita*, without referring to Caraka;²⁷ the poets and scholars at Kaniṣka’s court were Buddhists; Nāgārjuna²⁸ does not mention Caraka in the *Upāyahr̥daya*,²⁹ though, according to some scholars, he refers to Suśruta;³⁰ Caraka’s name is absent from the verses describing Kaniṣka in Kalhaṇa’s *Rājatarangiṇī*.³¹