The Garuda Pillar at Besnagar (modern Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh) was erected around 113 BCE by Heliodorus, an Indo-Greek ambassador from Taxila to the court of the Sunga king Bhagabhadra. The inscription on the pillar states that Heliodorus was a Bhagavata (worshipper of Vishnu/Vasudeva).
The Garuda Pillar at Besnagar was endowed by
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 3 2022 · Topic: Shaiva, Bhagavata Religion (Emergence of the Vasudeva-Krishna cult and the Pancharatra system)
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