印度是世界四大文明古国之一,地处南亚次大陆,人口超过10亿,居世界第2位。印度是多民族多宗教国家,印度教徒约占全国总人口的82．7％,其中穆斯林占11．4％。与我国一样,印度传统医学历史悠久,至今在印度民众和国际社会发挥重要作用。本文对其进行简要介绍。

Located in the South Asian Subcontinent, India is one of the four countries with ancient civilization of the world and has a population over 1 billion, ranking second in the world. It is a multi-national and multi-religious country, where about 82.7% of its population believes in Hinduism, and 11.4% in lslamism. As traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Indian medicine has a long history, which is still playing an important role either in India or in the international community. This article gives a brief presentation of it.

科学技术部“十五”重点科技攻关计划(2004BA721A47)：中医药国际在发展战略研究，负责人：沈志祥。