Charak & Sushruta - Contemporaries of Kanishka - Art & Culture

Q.  Charak and Sushruta were contemporaries of
- Published on 12 Aug 15

a. Pushyamitra Sunga
b. Kanishka
c. Chandragupta II
d. Ashoka

ANSWER: Kanishka
 
Kushana king Kanishka was in power when Charak and Sushruta practiced and developed medicine. Charak wrote Charaksamhita and Sushruta wrote Sushrutasamhita. Charak was a physician and Sushruta was a surgeon.

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