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Archaeological evidence of Sri Krishna:
 
1. Heliodorus’s Column: Vâsudeva the God of gods.
2. Ghosundi inscription: Bhagavan Sankarshana and Vâsudeva.
3. Hathibada inscription: Bhagavan Sankarshan and Vâsudeva.
4. Another column of Garuda in Besnagar of a Bhagavata king. 1/n
dedicated to Bhagavata (Vasudeva).
5. The cave of Queen Nagnika in Deccan: Inscriptions of Sankarshana and Vâsudeva.
6. Mora inscription: Krishna and Balarama and Krishna’s sons Pradyumna, Samba, Aniruddha.
7. Inscription of Sodasa in Mathura: Krishna Vâsudeva. 2/n
8. One stamp of Gopal (gopalasya) from Kumrahar
9. Coins of Agathocles, Indo-Greek king, with Krishna and Balarama (6 pieces). 3/n
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Literary evidence of Sri Krishna:
 
1. Chandogya 3.17: Krishna Devakiputra.
2. Ashtadhyayi of Panini: Mentions Krishna.
3. Nirukti of Yaska: Krishna and his wives Jambavati and Satyabhama.
4. Baudhayana-dharma-sutra: Three names of Krishna are mentioned - Kesava, 1/n
Govinda and Damodara but there are more in this quote: “Madhva, Madhusudana, Hrshikesha, Padmanabha and Vishnu”, usually describing Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita as well as in Srimad Bhagavatam; and the book makes reference to “the servants of Vishnu”. 2/n
5. Indika of Megasthenes: Surasena, the Yadus’s King, Mathura, the birth city of Krishna, Krishnapura or Kampura, Yamuna River, Krishna like Hari.
6. Quintus Curtius, who mentioned “Poros” (Purus) with an image of Krishna Hari before the battle with Alexander the Great. 3/n
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