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#ThinkingMedieval
Religious leaders throughout history have sought to care for their followers in various ways, and Buddhists were no exception. Excavation projects in Sri Lanka have come up with the ruins of medieval monastic hospitals of a scale that hasn’t yet been seen anywhere in South Asia-even in India, with its long-standing Ayurvedic tradition. Anirudh Kanisetti explains these medieval healthcare administrations, endowments, and facilities.
Sources:
Aluvihare, A. "Surgical Instruments at the Alahana Parivena Hospital in Polonnaruwa." In SAARC International Conference on Archaeology of Buddhism: Recent Discoveries in South Asia (Colombo, 2012).
Archaeology of Buddhism: recent discoveries in South Asia. Manohar, 2017.
Mueller-Dietz, Heinz E. "Stone „Sarcophagi” and Ancient Hospitals in Sri Lanka." Medizinhistorisches Journal H. 1/2 (1996): 49-65.
Prematilleke, Leelanada. "Ancient monastic Hospital System in Sri Lanka”." Ancient trades and cultural contacts in Southeast Asia, Bangkok, The Office of the National Culture Commission (1996): 115-126.
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