Encyclopaedia of Indian Medicine, Vol. I: Historical Perspective/S.K. Ramachandra Rao and S.R. Sudarshan. New Delhi, Popular Prakashan, 2006, $15. ISBN 81-7154-255-7.

    "The volume traces the development of medical thought in India down the ages. It provides information on all the medical authors and their works available in print or in ancient manuscripts. Content analysis of the more important works is based on first hand study of the original texts. To facilitate comparative study, allied systems like Arabian, Chinese, Tibetan and Yunani have also been noticed." (jacket)

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