How Krishna Became Vishnu: Early Images of Krishna in India from kiran male Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 45 min 97 sec
✓ Published: 06-Jan-2022

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THE DR. RANAJIT K. DATTA DISTINGUISHED LECTURE IN INDIAN ARTnnTwo thousand years ago, artists in Mathura, in northern India, created sculptures of a four-armed male divinity in human form. While many scholars identify this figure as the Hindu god Vishnu, there are strong arguments in favor of his identity as Krishna.nnTexts that emerged during this period explain that Krishna was born in Mathura as an incarnation of Vishnu. However, in art there survive no depictions of the young Krishna until