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    The Heliodorus pillar is a stone column that was erected around 113 BCE in central India in Besnagar (near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh). The pillar was called...
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  • Heliodorus (ambassador), a Greek ambassador who erected famous votive Heliodorus pillar around 110 BC near Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India Heliodorus (metrist)...
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  • kings" might be. Other broadly contemporary inscriptions, such as the Heliodorus pillar inscription, are only assumed to relate to Shunga rulers. The Ayodhya...
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    Buddha. The Heliodorus pillar is a stone column that was erected around 113 BCE in central India in Vidisha near modern Besnagar, by Heliodorus, an ambassador...
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    Heliodorus – an Indo-Greek who served as an ambassador of the Greek king Antialcidas to a regional Indian king, Kasiputra Bhagabhadra. The Heliodorus...
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    Garuda, as known from the Heliodorus pillar inscription. This pillar, offered by the Greek ambassador and devotee Heliodorus, also shows that Vāsudeva...
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    horseback carrying a Garudadhvaja. Heliodorus pillar has been called Garudadhvaja, literally Garuda-standard, the pillar dated to 2nd century BC is perhaps...
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    Buddhist railings Besnagar Buddhist railings Besnagar pillar capitals View of Heliodorus pillar Besnagar Ganga statue Besnagar was known as Bhelsa during...
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    from an inscription at the site of Vidisha in central India, the Heliodorus pillar, in which contacts with an embassy from the Indo-Greek King Antialcidas...
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    Wootz steel Other pillars of India Ashoka's Major Rock Edicts Dhar iron pillar List of Edicts of Ashoka Pillars of Ashoka Heliodorus pillar Stambha Other...
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    "the Victorious", Brahmi: 𑀅𑀁𑀢𑀮𑀺𑀓𑀺𑀢𑀲 Aṃtalikitasa, in the Heliodorus Pillar) was a king of the Indo-Greek Kingdom, who reigned from his capital...
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    century BCE as evidenced by the stupas of Sanchi and the Heliodorus pillar. While the Heliodorus pillar has been preserved, others have survived in ruins. Buddhism...
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    standard is the crocodile". A pillar capital with the effigy of a Makara crocodile found at Besnagar near the Heliodorus pillar dedicated to Vasudeva, is...
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    Agathocles of Bactria (190-180 BCE) and by the devotional character of the Heliodorus pillar inscription (circa 110 BCE). Later, the association with Narayana...
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    embassy of Heliodorus from Indo-Greek king Antialkidas to the court of the Sungas king Bhagabhadra in nearby Vidisha is recorded, in which Heliodorus established...
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    standard is the crocodile". A pillar capital with the effigy of a Makara crocodile found at Besnagar near the Heliodorus pillar dedicated to Vasudeva, is...
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    Hellenistic style. The Heliodorus pillar inscription is another epigraphical evidence of the interaction between Greeks and Hinduism. The pillar was erected around...
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    king Antialcidas ruled in Taxila around 100 BCE, according to the Heliodorus pillar inscription. Jaulian, a World Heritage Site at Taxila. Jaulian silver...
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    Sun-bird Garuda with the "Devadeva" ("God of Gods") Vāsudeva in the Heliodorus pillar (113 BCE) suggests that the Bhagavat cult of human deities had already...
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    embassy of Heliodorus, from king Antialkidas to the court of the Sungas king Bhagabhadra in Vidisha, is recorded. In the Sunga capital, Heliodorus established...
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    Besnagar, the temple structures have been found in conjonction with the Heliodorus pillar dedicated to Vāsudeva. The archaeologists found an ancient elliptical...
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    BCE, such as in the inscriptions of the Heliodorus pillar. An Indo-Greek ambassador from Taxila named Heliodorus, of this era, visited the court of a Shunga...
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    entire temple campus with great walls, towards, mandapas, halls with 1000 pillars were constructed over a period of 300 years from the 14th to 17th century...
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    Ashoka (280 BCE) The mention of the "Yona king Aṃtalikitasa" in the Heliodorus pillar in Vidisha (110 BCE) King Milinda and his bodyguard of "500 Yonas"...
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    Kumhrar Pandu Rajar Dhibi Inscriptions Ayodhya Hathibada Ghosundi Heliodorus pillar Lakulisa Mathura Mora Well Mountain Temple Naneghat Reh Yavanarajya...
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    in Vidisha, about 6 km away from Sanchi. In Vidisha, Heliodorus established the Heliodorus pillar in a dedication to Vāsudeva. This would indicate that...
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    Guruvayur Nathdwara Pandharpur Puri Udupi Epigraphy Hathibada Ghosundi Heliodorus pillar Mora Well Naneghat Vasu Doorjamb Texts Bhagavata Purana Gita Govinda...
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    around 110 BCE, as indicated by the Heliodorus pillar, which records the dispatch of a Greek ambassador named Heliodorus, from the court of the Indo-Greek...
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    Saṃkarṣaṇa symbol at Besnagar Various sculptures and pillar capitals were found near the Heliodorus pillar in Besnagar, and it is thought they were dedicated...
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    Kumhrar Pandu Rajar Dhibi Inscriptions Ayodhya Hathibada Ghosundi Heliodorus pillar Lakulisa Mathura Mora Well Mountain Temple Naneghat Reh Yavanarajya...
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