This volume of studies presents the papers given at the second workshop of the European Ayurvedic Society, a group that was formed in Groningen in 1983. The volume is thus a sequel to the Proceedings of the international workshop on Priorities in the Study of Indian Medicine. The workshop was held over a period of three days in September 1985 in the congenial surroundings of the Welcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London, and it provided a splendid opportunity for scholars in the field of Indian medical history to meet in one place and to share the latest research in their respective areas.