There is an article "Aspects of caesarian section in India" By Horace J. Pole and and Philip Q. Roche in JAOS, Vol. 59, p. 17ff.&nbsp; I cannot access it from home so can't give a summary.<div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1541034221613"><br></div><div id="yMail_cursorElementTracker_1541034221753">Allen<br><br><div id="ymail_android_signature"><a href="https://go.onelink.me/107872968?pid=InProduct&amp;c=Global_Internal_YGrowth_AndroidEmailSig__AndroidUsers&amp;af_wl=ym&amp;af_sub1=Internal&amp;af_sub2=Global_YGrowth&amp;af_sub3=EmailSignature">Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android</a></div> <br> <blockquote style="margin: 0 0 20px 0;"> <div style="font-family:Roboto, sans-serif; color:#6D00F6;"> <div>On Fri, Oct 12, 2018 at 5:26, Robert Leach via INDOLOGY</div><div>&lt;indology@list.indology.info&gt; wrote:</div> </div> <div style="padding: 10px 0 0 20px; margin: 10px 0 0 0; border-left: 1px solid #6D00F6;"> <div id="yiv0541598432"><div dir="ltr">Dear list members,<div><br></div><div>I ask on behalf of a friend of mine who works in the history of medicine and has little knowledge of South Asian medical history: can anyone share references to pre-modern (ideally pre-second millennium CE) descriptions of caesarean sections in South Asian literature?</div><div><br></div><div>I'd be very grateful for any pointers...</div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks in advance!</div><div><br></div><div>Robert</div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>INDOLOGY mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:INDOLOGY@list.indology.info" href="mailto:INDOLOGY@list.indology.info">INDOLOGY@list.indology.info</a><br><a ymailto="mailto:indology-owner@list.indology.info" href="mailto:indology-owner@list.indology.info">indology-owner@list.indology.info</a> (messages to the list's managing committee)<br><a href="http://listinfo.indology.info " target="_blank">http://listinfo.indology.info </a>(where you can change your list options or unsubscribe)<br> </div> </blockquote></div>