The Ayurvedic practitioners in India promoted Ayurveda or the `science of life` since ages. Ayurveda is a system of traditional medicine that took birth in India and eventually got famous in other parts of the world as a form of alternative medicine. Ayurveda remains an influential system of medicine and the specialists in this field are highly demanding all across the world to serve as the faculty in some renowned institutions. The earliest literature of Ayurveda appeared during the Vedic period by the earliest ayurvedic practitioner in India - Sushruta. The Sushruta Samhita and the Charaka Samhita were influential works on traditional medicine during this era. The Ayurvedic practitioners in India also acknowledged a number of medicinal preparations and surgical measures for curing various ailments and diseases.

Sushruta was an Indian surgeon and teacher of Ayurveda who lived in the holy city of Kashi by the 6th century BC. He authors the medical book Sushruta Samhita, found in Vedic Sanskrit. The Sushruta Samhita contains multiple detailed references to diseases and medical procedures. It is the complete book that deals with the practical problems of surgery and midwifery or obstetrics. Sushruta was the first person who studied human anatomy and his book is the detailed study of anatomy. Sushruta was the specialist of rhinoplasty or plastic surgery and ophthalmology or the removal of cataracts.

Charaka or Caraka is also an Indian Ayurvedic practitioner, born in c. 300 BC as a Maga Brahmin. He was one of the chief contributors to the ancient art and science of Ayurveda, a system of medicine and lifestyle that was developed about 5000 years ago in Ancient India. Charaka`s translations said that health and disease are not determined and life may be extended by human effort and attention to lifestyle. The Charaka Samhita is the Ayurvedic text obtained from the ancient Indian tradition written by the great Ayurvedic physician Charaka. Charaka Samhita is said to be the oldest of the three ancient treaties of Ayurveda and has the relevance in the modern day practice of Ayurvedic medicine.

Vagbhata happens to be one of the three classic writers of Ayurveda in India, along with Charaka and Sushruta, who wrote the Ashtanga Sangraha and the Ashtanga Hridaya Samhita. Madhav was an 8th century Indian physician in Ayurveda who wrote the Nid?na. This book soon assumed a position of authority with 79 chapters and comprises a list of diseases along with their causes, symptoms, and complications. The book also included a special chapter on smallpox (mas?rik?).

However with the passing years, the development of Ayurveda in India was considerable and there are many Ayurvedic practitioners in India, spread all across the nation.

The details of some of the prominent Ayurvedic practitioners of India are as follows -

Dr. G C Garg, Dr G C Garg Clinic, Panchkula, Panchkula (Haryana) - 134113	Dr. Baldeep Kour, Ayurvedic Specialist (Yoga), Deep Ayurvedic Centre, Chandigarh (Chandigarh) - 160052	Dr. Hrishikesh G Kulkarni, Ayurvedic Specialist (Infertility & Impotency), R.T Polyclinic, Malad(w), Mumbai (Maharashtra) - 400064
Dr. Yogita Pophare, Ayurvedic Specialist ( Gynaecologist ), Kadma, Jamshedpur (Jharkhand) - 831005	Dr. Bhavna Joshi, Ayurvedic Specialist (Ayurveda Oncologist), Atharva Multispeciality Ayurveda Hospital, Rajkot (Gujrat) - 360007	Dr. Jeetainder Roy Gour, Ayurvedic Specialist, Gour Ayurvedic Clinic, Mothinagar, Hyderabad (Andhra Pradesh) - 500018
Dr. A H Parmar, Ayurvedic Specialist (skin, respiratory, gastric, gynecology, online ayurvedic consultant), Ahmedbad Anisha Clinic, Ahmedabad (Gujrat)	Dr. Brijesh Kumar, Ayurvedic Specialist (General Diseases, Sexual Disorders), Swastik Clinic, Salem Tabri, Ludhiana (Punjab) - 141008	Dr. Krishnan, Ayurvedic Specialist (massage & Physiotherapist), Ayurvedic & Physiotherapy centre, Whitefield, Bangalore (Karnataka) - 560066
Dr. Anita Yadav, Ayurvedic Specialist (General Practice), Aarogya Chiktshalaya, Gurgaon, Gurgaon (Haryana) - 122003	Dr. Durga Prasad, Ayurvedic Specialist (Diabetes, Arthritis & Infertility), Saroj Ayurvedic Clinic, East Delhi (Delhi) - 110092	Dr. Preeti D. Doshi, Ayurvedic Specialist (General Practitioner), Akshak clinic, Satara, dist-satara, Pune (Maharashtra) - 415001
Dr. Anup Goel, Ayurvedic Specialist (Acupressure, Magnetopathy), Goel-Clinic, Chandigarh (Chandigarh) - 160047, Phone : +91-172-9216374640	Dr. Durga Prasad Dash, Ayurvedic Specialist ( Pediatrics ), Ashutosh Stree Avam Sishu Chikitsalaya, District H.Q hospital, Nayagarh (Orissa) - 752069	Dr. Utpal Das, Ayurvedic Specialist ( Ayurvedic Medicine ), Raiganj District Hospital, North Dinajpur (West Bengal) - 733134
Dr. Atul Kumar, Ayurvedic Specialist ( Ayurvedic Medicine ), Ayushman Herbal Panacea, Dwarka, Delhi (Delhi) - 110075	Dr. Hemlata, Ayurvedic Specialist (panchkarma specialist), Tulas Ayurvedic Panchkarma Spa Hospital &Research Centre, Airoli, New Mumbai (Maharashtra) - 400708	Dr. Venugopalan, Ayurvedic Specialist, Dhanwanthri Ayurveda Vaidya Sala, Chennai (Tamilnadu) - 600082