2020, Vol. 2, Issue 3, Part L

Author(s): Dr. Bharti Mohan

Abstract: As India is fighting with Covid-19, it is imperative to note that this is not the first encounter of India with a pandemic. India has battled many pandemics in the past. These pandemics led to a huge loss of life. The paper will elucidate some of the pandemics from the pre-independent India beginning with the Mughal period. In the course of this paper, we will discuss the different diseases that have afflicted the Indian subcontinent in the past, as well as the causes of those diseases. In doing, so we will also quote examples from various accounts to show the magnitude and the severity of these diseases.

DOI: 10.33545/27068919.2020.v2.i3l.544

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