Charaka (jun 29, 400 BC – nov 14, 200 BC)
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While Charaka studied all aspects of medicine, including the logic and philosophy underlying the Indian medicinal system, he focused on disease diagnosis and regarded Ayurveda as a comprehensive system of health care that addressed both preventive and curative aspects. He wrote this in the Charaka Samhita. Historians believe he lived between the 4th and 2nd centuries BCE.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charaka
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Date:
jun 29, 400 BC
nov 14, 200 BC
~ 199 years
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