Published, papers that show the raja as an eye surgeon

Four centuries ago, Raja Serfoji II, a Maratha ruler of the city of Thanjavur, is said to have performed eye surgeries among the various forms of medicine he practised. Chennai-based opthalmologists have now published his handwritten records of these surgeries for the first time. The Maratha dynasty in Thanjavur, formed by Chhatrapati Shivaji’s half-brother Venkoji in 1675...

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