Suśruta (Sanskrit: सुश्रुत, lit. very famous or good listener) was an ancient Indian surgeon commonly credited as the author of the treatise Sushruta Samhita. He is dubbed as the "founding father of surgery" and the Sushruta Samhita is identified as one of the best and outstanding commentary on Medical Science of Surgery. He is said to have been a physician originally of South India active in Varanasi. His period is usually placed between the period of 1200-600 BCE.