Guest guest Posted January 20, 1998 Report Share Posted January 20, 1998 Submitted on behalf of Tirumanjanam Kannan c/o ranga --------- I am from Srirangam and an extensive traveller visiting Vaishnava centres. While on a tour in Madhya Pradesh, near Bhopal in India, I visited the Udayagiri caves in Vidisha District. I have videotaped my visit to this place. A stone pillar known locally as "khamb baba" is being worshipped. The Archaeological Survey of India has inscribed its history on a white marble slab. It reads as follows: History of This Pillar ---------------------- This column is locally called KHAMB BABA. It bears two inscriptions in Brahmi characters and Prakrit language. One of these inscriptions records that the column was set up as a Garuda Pillar in honour of God Vasudeva (Vishnu) by Heliodorus, a Greek inhabitant of Taxila (Takshasila), who had come to the court of Bhagashadra, king of central India, as an ambassador from ANTIALCIDOS, an Indo-Bactrian king of the Punjab. Heliodorus had evidently adopted Hinduism as he has styled himself a BHAGAVATA, i.e., a follower of the Vaishnava sect. The approximate date of the column is 150 B.C. The exact location of this pillar is near the Udayagiri caves, 30 miles past Sanchi stupa as you proceed from Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. vENum dAsan, Koil Tirumanjanam Kannan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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