Susruta resided at the court of the Gupta kings at Pataliputra
during the 'Golden Age' of Hindu culture.
Susruta wrote medical texts about
surgery and he advocated the sterilization of wounds.
Susruta is the author of the
Susrutasamhita, the work known after his name, and one of the most
brilliant gems in Indian medical literature, and thus he is
recognised as the father of Indian surgery.
