Charaka Samhitā

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The Charaka Samhitā is one of the early ancient texts of Ayurveda. Ayurveda was first described by Agnivesha^{[citation needed]} (believed to have lived between 2BCE and 2CE) in his book Agnivesh tantra, which was later revised by Charaka. As a result the book is now known as the Charaka Samhitā. A Kashmiri Pandit Shri Dridhabal is believed to have re-edited and re-constructed the Charaka Samhitā in the 9^th century.^{[citation needed]}