Lakshmi
c. 300 BCE – 2026 CEattested
the Ganges plain
- Hindu
Goddess of fortune and prosperity, who rose from the churning of the ocean of milk standing on a lotus. Fortune is understood as mobile and choosy. She is worshipped as something that has to be kept, not owned.
Known for
- risen from the churned ocean
- prosperity as a visitor
- the lotus and the elephants
Dates are estimates. A great deal of what this atlas covers is only datable to within a century.