A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.9

v1.c17.9

This assumption may have led P.V. Sharma³⁵ to suggest that the Caraka mentioned in connection with Kaniṣka may have been a Śaka physician,³⁶ and that his name points to the originally nomadic life of this people. In line with G. Hāldār, he supposes this Caraka to have revised an already existing medical treatise that, afterwards, became known as *Carakasamhitā*.³⁷