Charaka

(1st–2nd c. C.E.?) The attributed author
of the Charaka Samhita, which along
with the slightly later Sushruta
Samhita, is one of the two major
sources for ayurveda, a traditional
school of Indian medicine. According to
tradition, Charaka was the physician at
the royal court in the city of Takshashila,
in modern Pakistan.