Charak & Sushruta - Contemporaries of Kanishka - Art & Culture
Q. Charak and Sushruta were contemporaries of - Published on 12 Aug 15a. 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.