A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.91

v1.c17.91

P.C. Rāy argued in favour of the thesis that Caraka belongs to the early Buddhistic era on the grounds that the chemical information in the *Carakasamhitā* with reference to metals and metallic preparations is of a less advanced character than that in the *Arthaśāstra*, composed in his view between 321–296 B.C.236