Answer:
(i) About 2000 years ago, there was a famous physician named Charaka who wrote a book on medicine known as the Charaka Samhita. (ii) There, he stated that the human body has 360 bones, which is a much larger number than 200 bones that are recognised by modern anatomy. (iii) Charaka arrived at this figure by counting the teeth, joints and cartilage.
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