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Charaka

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Charaka was one of the principal contributors to Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle developed in ancient India. He is known as a physician who edited the medical treatise entitled Charaka Samhita, one of the foundational texts of classical Indian medicine and Ayurveda, included under Brhat-Trayi. Charaka, also known as Charak acharya, was an ancient Indian physician and scholar who made significant contributions to the field of Ayurveda. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charaka has received more than 1,166,793 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Charaka is the 171st most popular physician (up from 178th in 2019).

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  • 1.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.19

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.04

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.45

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Charaka ranks 171 out of 726. Before him are Georgios Papanikolaou, Jean Marc Gaspard Itard, Andrea Cesalpino, Engelbert Kaempfer, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, and Aretaeus of Cappadocia. After him are Frederick Griffith, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Mehriban Aliyeva, Michael Stuart Brown, Dominique Jean Larrey, and Joseph Murray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 50, Charaka ranks 11. Before him are Apollodorus of Damascus, Zacchaeus, Salome, Rabbi Akiva, Simon Magus, and Osroes I. After him are Gaius Calpurnius Piso, Saint Petronilla, Pacorus II, Tiberius Claudius Narcissus, Domitilla the Elder, and Yohanan ben Zakkai.

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