Read the following passage. Born in the sixth century B.C., Susruta was a descendant of the Vedic sage Viswamitra. He learnt surgery and medicine at the feet of Divodasa Dhanvantari in his hermitage at Varanasi. Later, he became an authority in not only surgery but also in other branches of medicine. He was the first physician to advocate what is today known as the ‘caesarean’ operation. He was also an expert in removing urinary stones, locating and treating fractures and doing eye operations for cataract. His suggestion to give wine to patients about to be operated upon makes him also the father of anaesthesia. Now answer the following questions: 1) When was Susruta born? 2) What relation did Susruta have with Viswamitra? 3) Where did Susruta learn surgery and medicine?4) Who was the first physician to advocate ‘Caesarean operation’? 5) What was Susruta expert in? 6) Who is considered as the father of anaesthesia? 7) What makes him to consider as the father of anaesthesia? 8) Where was Dhanvantari’s hermitage? 9) Who was Dhanvantari? 10) What is ‘Caesation operation’ aimed at?