Author: Saha, Kshanika
Title: Indian Medical Text in Central Asia
Description: Calcutta, Firma KLM, 1985. orig.cloth, dustwrapper.. 22x14cm, iv,53,[2] pp.. Minor rubbing. Good. ¶ Indian Medical texts in Central Asia contain valuable evidences how Buddhist monks carried Indian culture besides Buddhism in Central Asia. The literary remaisn bought from the ancient sites of Kucha contain a large number of fragments of Sanskrit medical texts which were used in Central Asia from the 4th to 8th century AD. These texts are usually known as Bower Manuscripts. One of the texts deals with garlic and its origin. The text also deals with digestion, correct mixing of ingredients, other medicines, lotion, ointment for eyes, etc...."- dustwrapper.

Keywords: Ayurvedic Medicine, Medical History, Ancient India, Central Asia, Buddhist Literature, Sanskrit Philology, , ,