The Coins of King Agathocles

Over 2 Millenia ago, even before the time of Julias Caesar, the historical footprint of Krishna had already surpassed the boundaries of the modern Indian subcontinent. In the 1970’s archeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Ai-Khanoum, in modern day Afghanistan had discovered square bronze coins, minted by the Indo-Greek King Agathocles in approximately 180BCE. These unique coins depicted Krishna's Greco-Indian avatar, where he was holding a Conch and a Chakra, with his Brother Balarama on the other side. This evidence served to be groundbreaking, illustrating how centuries before the common era, Krishna’s influence was so profound that international Greek monarchs integrated his image in their state currency, to serve as a symbol of unification of their diverse empires.