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<strong>H<strong>in</strong>duism</strong>: <strong>What</strong> <strong>Really</strong> Happened <strong>in</strong> <strong>India</strong> – M. M. N<strong>in</strong>an<br />

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The Ajantha Ellora Caves of Maharashtra were essentially Buddhist<br />

Monasteries built between the 2d century BC and the 5th century AD<br />

This <strong>in</strong>scribed Garuda column, <strong>in</strong> Besnagar near Udayagiri, was erected<br />

<strong>in</strong> honor of Vasudeva by a person named Heliodorus, who was a Bactro-<br />

Greek envoy from Gandhara to the court of Vidisha. This column was<br />

built <strong>in</strong> 113 BC. Most people try to equate Vasudeva as Vishnu simply<br />

because Garuda is considered as the vehicle of Vishnu.

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