The legacy of Vāgbhaṭa

Vagbhata completes the "Great Three" (Brhatrayi) of Ayurveda, with his predecessors, Caraka and Susruta. His identity and period are controversial but a major section of the scholarly community believe that he was a native of Sindh, that lived in the sixth century and wrote Astangahrdayam and Astangasngraha.