A History of Indian Medical Literature v2.c33.50

v2.c33.50

39 See on the yantras: G. Mukhopādhyāya (1913): 91–224; R.F.G. Müller (1943–52). Yantras are also described in the Bhāvaprakāśa, Hāritasamhitā, Hastyāyurveda and the works ascribed to Vāgbhaṭa. The commentaries of Cakra and Dalhaṇa make clear that other treatises on the subject were available, probably the works of Bhāluki and Bhoja. Our knowledge concerning the ancient Indian surgical instruments is almost completely dependent on the descriptions in the texts. The excavations at Taxila yielded some instruments of copper and bronze (see O.P. Jaggi IV, photos 34 and 35; P. Rāy, 1956: fig 25a, reproduced from J. Marshall, 1951, vol. III). Some reliefs may show a few instruments and their handling; see on this subject: R.F.G. Müller (1943–52); C. Vogel (1964). The drawings found in many books on the subject are not based on preserved objects (see on the history of