Q. With reference to Charak Samhita, consider the following statements:
1.It is a medical pharmacopoeia and collection of commentaries and discussions on medical practices.
2.It is considered as the foundational text of ancient Indian medicine.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: C
Notes:
Both the statements are correct.
The Charak Samhita is a medical pharmacopoeia and collection of commentaries and discussions on medical practices that is historically dated to the 1st-2nd centuries AD.
Along with the compendium of Susruta (c. 4th century AD), which is about surgery, the Charak Samhita is considered the foundational text of ancient Indian medicine, which was an evolved system of understanding and treating disease that was in several ways ahead of the Greeks.
Source: Indian Express
