ANTHROPOMETRIC STUDY OF NASAL INDEX OF NORTH INDIANS

The research titled ¿Anthropometric Study of Nasal Index of North Indians w.s.r. to Su¿rutokta N¿s¿ Pram¿¿a ¿¿r¿rä comprises chapters entitled as Introduction, Aims and Objectives, Review of literature, Material, and methodology, Observation and results, Discussion, Conclusion, and Summary.Introduction:Need of the topic selection, Concept of pram¿¿a ¿¿r¿ra, äguli pram¿¿a, Anthropometry, n¿s¿ pram¿¿a ¿¿r¿ra, aims and objectives of the study, previous work done in this aspect and layout of the thesis. Review of literature:It includes the sub-topic of ¿yurvedic review and modern review.Ayurvedic review: It includes a detailed description of the Historical review (description of pram¿¿a ¿¿r¿ra and n¿s¿ pram¿¿a ¿¿r¿ra in Vedic and ancient literature).This is followed by m¿na, pram¿¿a, ägula, n¿s¿ ¿¿¿¿ra, n¿s¿ pram¿¿a ¿¿r¿ra, importance of n¿s¿ pram¿¿a ¿¿r¿ra, N¿s¿ sädh¿na, importance of pram¿¿a ¿¿r¿ra in Su¿ruta sähit¿ and its commentaries.