Krishna
c. 300 BCE – 2026 CEattested
Mathura, Indian subcontinent
- Hindu
Eighth avatar of Vishnu, cowherd and charioteer, who delivers the Bhagavad Gita on a battlefield and whose childhood pranks (stealing butter, hiding clothes) are still performed annually.
Known for
- the Bhagavad Gita
- the butter thief
- the cosmic form revealed
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.