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Ayurveda made modern: political histories of indigenous medicine in north India, 1900–1955

2014; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 22; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/09584935.2014.965481

1469-364X

Stefan Ecks,

Indian History and Philosophy

No one doubts that Ayurveda, the ‘science of long life', is old: its earliest roots can be traced to the Vedas, and even its ‘Golden Age', when Caraka, Sushruta, and Vaghbata's compendia were compo...