I am not aware of Garuda type coins in the Pre-Gupta but it is a fact that Heliodorus , the Ambassador to Antialkidas, the Greek ruler of Taxila, in N.W.India, constructed a GARUDA COLOUMN in the name of Lord Krishna. This also shows how Vaishnavism influenced alien rulers during 2-3rd Cent B.C.


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