History of medicine from ancient times to present

Abstract

In the prehistoric Harrapan culture of India, before and after 2000 BCE, there was the system of medicine with professional healers, sanitation and hygiene. The people of Indus Valley Civilization, even from the early Harappan periods (3300 BCE), had knowledge of medicine and dentistry. There is evidence that teeth having been drilled, dating back 7000 BCE. India has a rich, heritage of medical and health sciences in the Vedic period, due to a separate medicinal branch of medical science “Ayurveda”. It was so much evolved and practiced that some scholars considered it as the fifth Veda, when Medicine was evolving in other countries. (https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/59913/6/06_chapter%202.pdf). It seems that the history of medicine including anatomy in India traces from the Paleolithic Age to the Indus Valley Civilization and the Vedic Times. However, the progress in Ayurveda declined during the Islamic Dynasties and the modern Colonial Period. © 2024 Elsevier Inc. All rights are reserved, including those for text and data mining, AI training, and similar technologies.