Father of Surgery

' Father of Sergery'





This photograph is of Statue of great ancient Indian Physician Sushruta, the Father of Surgery located inside The Royal Australian College of Surgery Melbourne, Australia. He is also known as the father of plastic surgery. His contributions include the fields of Physiology, aetiology, embryology, metabolism and immunity.


It is written on commemorative stone erected at the base of the Statue of Sushruta:



'Sushruta (ca 600BCE) Father of Surgery


Sushruta was an ancient Indian Physician. He is considered to be the father of Sergery. His text books had 184 chapters, described 1120 illnesses, 700 medicinal plants and 64 mineral preparations. He did many procedures such as incisions, probing, surgery for hemorrhoids and fistulae, as well as cateract surgery. He is also known as the father of plastic surgery. His contributions include the fields of Physiology, aetiology, embryology, metabolism and immunity. Sushruta is the Pioneer of 300 different types of operations and he described 125 surgerical instruments including the endoscope.


DONATED BY K. B. Cherian, MS, FRACS, DSc (Hon.), DSc (HC), DSc (CHC), Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Surgery 1973 by Examination Chennai 600010,India. '



Photograph Gifted By Sukhdeve Brar Sahib

Krishna Temple located at Taxila District Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan

These are photographs of commemoratives writing and old times beautiful building of Krishna Temple located at Taxila City District Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan. It in written in Hindi


'Om shiri Gneshayenamah

Ye mandiran shrimati Ram Rakhi ne apne pati swrgiye
Bhagat Tara chand ji jaggi Rawalpindi wale ki Yadgar me banwaye.'


Photographs By Ali Babar

Marble Column located at Khan Pur District Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan

These are some Photographs of English commemoratives stone, British times morble column and abandoned Railway track located at Khan Pur District Rahim Yar Khan, Punjab, Pakistan. This Commemorative column was Erected to Commemorate the site of cutting the first stone the Khan Pur Chachran Railway by his honour Sir William Louis Dane G. C. I. E., C. S. I., I. C. S., F. R. C. S., Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab and its Dependencies on January 1910 and the opening of this Railway for traffic on 19th July 1911.


This branch line was built with the order of Nawab of Bhawalpur Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi and was a part of Bhawalpur Royal Railway and North Western State Railway. Great Sufi Poet of Punjabi Khawaja Ghulam Farid was The spiritual Guide of Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi who lived there in Chachran Sharif. For spiritual guidance, Nawab Sir Sadiq Muhammad Khan Abbasi Frequently visited his Murshid in Chachran Sharif.


This track is now abandoned and there is no clue of Railway line which was looted by unknown people. Only a way exists now.




Photographs By Mr. Abdul Mannan Sahib