[phyphy]

The first recorded instance of cataract surgery was in 600BCE India.

[mac3n]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_cataract_surgery

> Cataract surgery was first mentioned in the Babylonian code of Hammurabi 1750 BCE.[13] The earliest known depiction of cataract surgery is on a statue from the Fifth Dynasty of Egypt (2467–2457 BCE).[

[phyphy]

I meant recorded as in procedure, but yes earlier depictions were present. I looked at the picture and the interpretation of the tool that is depicted is still kind of vague.