Elements of Hindu Iconography v1.c7.13

v1.c7.13

Then again, the inscription on a Garuḍa-stambha discovered in Besnagar quite recently, states that Heliodoros, the son of Dion, a Bhāgavata, who came from Taxila in the reign of the great king Antalkidas set up that Garuḍa-dhvaja in honour of Vāsudēva. For this king Antalkidas various initial dates have been fixed, which range from B.C. 175 to 135. This is about the earliest known inscription mentioning Viṣṇu as Vāsudēva; and from this we are in a position to assert