Ayurveda

Ayurveda was created by philosopher Brahma

6000 BCE

Atreya(Ayurvedic master) wrote first medical book

5500 BCE

covered internal medicine, surgery, fertility, pediatrics, psychiatry, toxicology, anti-aging and ears, eyes, and nose.

Bhagavan Sri VedaVyasa codified Ayurvedic medical and spiritual info into books

3000 BCE

evolved from religious discipline into medical system with many specializations, Charaka Samhita and the Susruta Samhita, were written during the time

1500 BCE

Golden Age of India

1000 BCE

Timespan

Period: 600 BCE to Dec 31, 2011

third book Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita was written

500 BCE

translated Ayurvedic scripts to Chinese

400

translated to Arabic, Ayurveda declined as Arabian style of medicine flourished when Muslims invaded India

Dec 31, 1200

Ayurveda begins to flourish

Dec 31, 1500

Portuguese outlaw Ayurvedic physicians, Dutch East India Company wanted plants and flowers for medicine

Mar 17, 1600

Amsterdam published 12 volume set about medicinal plants of India

Mar 17, 1703

British banned all Ayurvedic institutions

Mar 17, 1833

Gandhi fought for traditional Indian lifestyle, including Ayurvedic practice

Mar 17, 1920

independence from British control

Mar 17, 1947

Ayurveda Congress was established, largest medical organization in the world

Mar 17, 2011