A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c30.687

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31 Rājataraṅgiṇī 1.168–172. M.A. Stein (1961: I, Intr. 64; 30) identified this Turuṣka king Kaniṣka with the Kuṣāṇa ruler Kaniṣka. R. Śāstrī (1977: 521–522) claims that Caraka was not associated with the Kuṣāṇa king Kaniṣka, but with his much earlier Turuṣka namesake of the Rājataraṅgiṇī. See on the Turuṣka king Kaniṣka: D.R. Mankad (1951): 153–154; D.C. Sircar (1968c): 148–149.