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Acharya Lashmana Sarma (1879-1965) is known the world over as the father of nature cure in India. His deep knowledge of Oriental philosophy, combined with his mastery of the Sanskrit language, enabled him to supply the missing links in the system of nature cure, as it was at that time prevalent, and thereby enriches it. Thus, he provided a firm and scientific basis for the principles and practice of nature cure.

Born in 1953, Dr. S. Swaminathan took his Master Degrees in First Class in History and Tamil literature from the University of Madras. He joined the Epigraphy wing of the Archaeological Survey of India in 1980. Siince then he is working in Dravidian Epigraphy. In 1989 he was awarded Ph.D. degree by the University of Mysore, Mysore, for his thesis entitled “Chola Parantaka I and his times which substantially and his times which substantially represents the present book. Besides this he has published nearly seventy articles in various journals and volumes. He also serves as an editor of the Journal of the Place-Name Society of India and Assistant Secretary of the Epigraphical Society of India.