- Charaka was a key figure in the ancient Indian system of medicine, Ayurveda. - He is traditionally believed to have been the court physician to the Kushana king Kanishka, who ruled in the 1st or 2nd century CE. - The renowned medical treatise, Charaka Samhita, is attributed to him.
Whose court physician was Charak?
Asked in GPSC Prelims CSP 1 2018 · Topic: Post-Mauryan Period (Foreign Incursions and Rule: Kushanas (Kujula Kadphises, Kanishka, and successors))
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