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1/n #Heliodorus pillar, erected at Besnagar around 2.134 kybp (113 BCE).
It was raised by Heliodorus, an ambassador of the Indo-#Greek king Antialcidas from #Taxila.
He called it the Garuda Pillar, in honor of VÄsudeva #Vishnu (#Krishna )
It was raised by Heliodorus, an ambassador of the Indo-#Greek king Antialcidas from #Taxila.
He called it the Garuda Pillar, in honor of VÄsudeva #Vishnu (#Krishna )
2/n The interpretation of #Heliodorus stambha is:
"it symbolizes joining earth, space and swarg, thereby bringing connotation the "cosmic axis" by expressing the cosmic totality of the VÄsudeva, Supreme Deity. "
Source: Approaches to Iconology, Vol 4-6, Hans Gerhard Kippenberg
"it symbolizes joining earth, space and swarg, thereby bringing connotation the "cosmic axis" by expressing the cosmic totality of the VÄsudeva, Supreme Deity. "
Source: Approaches to Iconology, Vol 4-6, Hans Gerhard Kippenberg
3/n The inscriptions of #Heliodorus stambha is very interesting written in Brahmi script (Sunga period), language being Central-western epigraphic Prakrit, with Sanskritized spellings (Richard Solomon).
It praises VÄsudeva, the God of Gods & has verse from Mahabharata.
It praises VÄsudeva, the God of Gods & has verse from Mahabharata.
@mqakhokhar Ancient Pakistan has only 75 yrs of history & Ancient India is more than 5000yr old.
#Ramayana, (Uttarakandam-XIV) refers Bharata,Hindu God Sri Ramaās brother,who built #Takkhasila(Taxila) and named it after his son Taksha,the first ruler. @KanwalSibal
#Ramayana, (Uttarakandam-XIV) refers Bharata,Hindu God Sri Ramaās brother,who built #Takkhasila(Taxila) and named it after his son Taksha,the first ruler. @KanwalSibal
#MahÄbhÄrata :The Kuru heirĀ Parikį¹£itĀ (Arjuns's grandson)was enthroned at Takį¹£aÅilÄ.MahabharataĀ was first recited at Takį¹£aÅilÄ by Vaishampayana, to King Janamejaya,son of Pariksit & student of Vyasa,at the Snake Sacrifice/Ashwamedha yagna.#SatapathaBrahmana(R.Veda)cites Taxila.
#Buddhist JÄtaka tales(5th CE) mention Taxila as the capital of the Gandhara Kingdom & a great learning center.Chinese travellers like Fa Hian & Huien Tsang speak of Takshashila in their writings. Taxila was ruled by Ancient Indian dynasties Maurya,Shunga,Gupta & Kushana.
