A History of Indian Medical Literature v1.c26.s5: Dates assigned to the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha

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Dates assigned to the Aṣṭāṅgasaṃgraha are: 483 indefinite time B.C.;484 the first or second century B.C.;485 second-third centuries A.D.;486 posterior to Caraka and Suśruta and anterior to Yājñavalkya (A.D. 350);487 between the second and sixth centuries;488 fifth or sixth century;489 about A.D. 550, between the Kāmasūtra (about A.D. 400) and Varāhamihira (A.D. 505–587);490 late in the sixth or early in the seventh century;491 about A.D. 625;492 shortly before I-ching;493 not later than seventh century A.D.;494 between seventh and eighth centuries;495 earlier than the eighth century;496 between 1010 and 1055 (during the reign of king Bhoja of Dhārā).497