A History of Indian Medical Literature v4.c57.199

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Carakasaṃhitā. Other views regarding its chronological position are: synchronous with the period of early Buddhism (B.M. Barua, 1936/37); sixth century B.C. (ABI 179); earlier than the period of the Buddha (Jyotir Mitra, 1974: XIX); several centuries before the birth of Christ (V. Śukla I, 59); belonging to the period of the Brāhmaṇas (R.C. Majumdar, 1971: 222); earlier than the period of the Āraṇyakas and Brāhmaṇas (S.V. Sharma, 1963); belonging to the same period as Ātreya (R. Śarmā, 1959; Sūramcandra I, 209).