History of Indian Medicine
History of Indian Medicine (Ayurveda) Indian medicine has a long history. Its earliest concepts are set out in the sacred writings called the Vedas, especially in the metrical passages of the Atharvaveda, which may possibly date as far back as the 2nd millennium B.C. AYUR=LIFE; VEDA=SCIENCE OverviewStone Age about 5000BCVedic period after 1500BCSushruta Samhita (surgery)…