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Csoma de Körös was the first to announce that the Thibetan Tanjur contains among others translations of the Charaka, the Susruta, and Vágbhata.^[1] Georg Huth, who has recently critically examined the contents of the Tanjur, concludes that the most recent date at which it can be placed, is 8th century A. D.^[2] This is in agreement with the fact that the Vágbhata was one of the medical works translated by order of the Caliphs. But no positive information as regards the most distant date is yet available;^[3] Kunte, from internal evidence, is inclined to place him "at least as early as the second century before Christ."

Hindu Pharmacopœia in the 7th century.That Hindu Pharmacopœia in the 7th century ran on the lines of the Charaka and the Susruta, and did not include any ela-

1. Journ. Asiatic Soc. xxxvii. (1835).
2. Zeit. deut morg. Ges, T. lxix, pp. 279-284.
3. Regarding the bibliography of Vágbhata, see two short monographs by Dr. Palmyr Cordier; also Julius Jolly: "Zur Quellenkunde der indischen Medizin," I. 'Vágbhata, Zeit. deut. Morg. Ges. LIV. pp. 260-74.