A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c17.94

v1.c17.94

Some dates assigned to Caraka are: the middle of the first millennium A.D.,²⁴⁴ the second century A.D.,²⁴⁵ the period of Kaniṣka, A.D.100,²⁴⁶ the first century A.D.,²⁴⁷ the period 140 B.C.-A.D. 120,²⁴⁸ slightly later than the Buddhacarita (50 B.C.-A.D.100),²⁴⁹ the period 140 B.C.-A.D.60,²⁵⁰ the first or second century B.C.,²⁵¹ between the second century B.C. and the second century A.D.,²⁵² the second century B.C.,²⁵³ 147 B.C.,²⁵⁴ 144 or 142 B.C.,²⁵⁵ 200 B.C.,²⁵⁶ earlier than 175 B.C.,²⁵⁷ 320 B.C.,²⁵⁸ about 500 B.C.,²⁵⁹ the period of the Mahābhārata or somewhat later,²⁶⁰ the eighth century B.C.,²⁶¹ between 1,000 and 800 B.C.,²⁶² earlier than Pāṇini, ²⁶³ about the period of the Brāhmaṇas, later than the Śatapathabrāhmaṇa, but earlier than Pāṇini and earlier than Buddha,²⁶⁴ the period of the Brāhmaṇas, long before the Nyāya- and Vaiśeṣikasūtras, ²⁶⁵ about 1,000 B.C.,²⁶⁶ 500 years before Pāṇini, in the same period as the Yājñavalkyasmṛti,²⁶⁷ earlier than Pāṇini, at the end of the Dvāpara- or the beginning of the Kaliyuga,²⁶⁸ the beginning of the Kaliyuga.²⁶⁹