2021-07-01 20:41:18
Burzahom, Kashmir is a prehistoric archeological site where the Archaeological Survey of India carried out extensive excavation.
One of the things found was a female skull with multiple holes in it. Cranial surgery, known as trepanning or trepanation, is one of the first-ever surgical practices and is known to have begun in the Neolithic era.In the Indian subcontinent, trepanation was known among the Bronze Age Harappans (ca. 4300 BP) people of the Saraswati Valley Civilization.
Trepanation is considered as the oldest known surgical procedure that was practiced from the Neolithic period and was reported from North and South America, Europe, Asia, and Africa.
India had a great surgical tradition from the prehistoric times and there was literary evidence of trepanation and removal of brain tumors by Jivaka, the surgeon to Lord Buddha.
Check out the picture of a 5000 year Skull with multiple cranial trepanation. It shows evidence of multiple holes drilled in the skull when the man was alive.
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