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Chola-Era Medicine: The Surgeons of the Kaveri
Lucas and Luna dive into a little-known aspect of the Chola Empire: its advanced medical tradition. Drawing on the Kaveri delta's temple inscriptions and copper plates, they explore the practices of the Vaidyar—surgeons and physicians who treated soldiers, temple servants, and commoners. Lucas explains how Chola hospitals, called Atula Salai, were funded by royal grants and staffed by hereditary medical families. He highlights the famous 11th-century inscription at the Brihadeeswarar Temple listing specific medicines and surgical instruments, including scalpels and forceps. The episode…
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