 <unk> , the great surgeon and author of the <unk> <unk> , the Sanskrit text of surgery , lived in Varanasi and practised medicine and surgery sometime during the 5th century BC . Since 1922 , Ayurveda has been a subject of training in the Banaras Hindu University and in 1927 a separate Ayurvedic College was established . There are many Ayurvedic centres in Varanasi like <unk> Ayurvedic Centre which provide Ayurvedic treatments such as <unk> and other methods . S S Ayurveda Hospital operates a <unk> treatment centre , in association with <unk> Ayurveda Ltd . 
