Multiple choice general knowledge

'Charak' was the famous court physician of

  1. Harsha

  2. Chandra Gupta Maurya

  3. Ashoka

  4. Kanishka

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D Correct answer
Explanation

Charak, the renowned ancient Indian physician and author of the Charaka Samhita foundational text of Ayurveda, served in the court of Kanishka, the Kushan ruler. The Kushan period (1st-2nd century CE) was a golden age for medical scholarship in India.