The Classical Doctrine of Indian Medicine This is a pioneer work of its kind and traces in detail the steady growth of the ancient science of medicine from the Vedic times upto the advent of the British rule. To make it complete the learned author has given the account has given the account of the prominent sages who promulgated this science. To know the history of medicine in ancient Indiais to know the entire domain of Indology, as the teachers of medicine were sages who were seers of the Vedic hymns, elaborated the philosophical systems, speculated on the existence of God, and were, in fact, concerned in the intellectual history of ancient India.