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Top Left:
Ancient
India Wima Kadphises, This coin depicts Wima Kadphises, the Indian Kushan
king sitting on clouds 1st century AD.
In
ancient India, one system of medical practice became known as ayurveda. It
stressed the prevention as well as the treatment of illness. |
By 600 to 500 B.C.,
Practitioners of ayurveda had developed an impressive knowledge of drugs and
surgery. Indian surgeons successfully performed many kinds of operations,
including amputations and plastic surgery. Top Middle: The Hindu Avatar Krishna, Top Right: Indian Madonna And Child (Indrani And Child) and Bottom Left: The Indian Mother Mary "Dina" |
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 Middle: Plaque
of a Yakshi Mother Goddess, terracotta, from Tamluk (ancient Tamralipti) in
Bengal, Eastern India, 200 BCE.
This
exceptionally finely moulded plaque depicts a female nature spirit (Yakshi)
or a mother goddess. Standing erect, she wears a huge and elaborate headdress
and heavy earnings, bracelets and other jewelry. Discovered in Bengal in 1883
and brought to Oxford a few years later.
Ancient
China and medicine. Gui, ritual vessel, Western Zhou ritual bronzes, (1,050-77I
BCE). A six-character inscription cast in the vessel's interior associates
it with a region of central north China ruled by descendants of the Zhou dynasty's
founder. |
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ancient Chinese developed medical practices that have been handed down almost
unchanged to the present day. This traditional medicine is based on the belief
that two life forces, yin and yang, flow through the human body. Disease
results when the two forces become out of balance. To restore the balance,
the Chinese developed the practice of acupuncture inserting needles into parts
of the body thought to control the flow of yin and yang. From the
tomb of Shi Huangdi. China (Qin dynasty). 221-206 B.C. Terra cotta. Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York City. |
The
Amarna Letters
 During
the 12th dynasty according to Senusert I (about 1900 B.C.) He conquered the
whole sea coast of India, beyond the Ganges to the Eastern ocean , including
the Cyclades and a great part of Europe. In addition The Ganges River was
named after General Ganges an Alkebu-lite 'Black African'.
According
to the 'Amarna Letters' found in the government offices of the Egyptian king
Iknaton, testify to the fact that Egyptian empire extended to Asia, Syria
and Palestine. Tuthmosis III also testify to the fact that Egyptian empire
extended to Nubia, Northern Asia and Kush.
Quotation
from El-Amarna letter 256. Message of Mutbaal (From Labayu To The Pharaoh). "I
fall at the feet of my lord. How can it be said in your presence: Mutbaal
has fled. He had hidden Ayab?. How can the king of Pella flee from the commissioner,
agent of the king, his lord?. As the king, my lord lives , I swear Joab is
not in Pella. In fact he has been on campaign for two months. Just ask Benenima,
just ask Dauda, just ask Yishuya." Amarna letter 228. Typical Amarna letter
with its wedged-shaped sign indented into the surface of the little tablet.
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