Megasthanes took the legend of Krishna to Greece and had it incorporated in Greek Legends.
See the excerpts towards the close of the Post.
Similarities between Krishna and Hercules.
Krishna’s Killing of Kalinga is similar to Hercules with Hydra.
Balarama Is Hercules.
Hercules who penetrated so far, the Indians tell us, was a native of their country. He is particularly worshipped by the Suraseni (Shurasena), who have two great cities, Methora (Mathura) and Cleisoborus (Surapura), and the navigable river Jobares (Yamuna), passes through their territories. This Hercules, as Megasthenes asserts, and the Indians themselves assure us, uses the same habit with the Theban Hercules. Many male children, but only one daughter was born to him in India, for he married many women. The daughter's name was Pandaea, and the land where she was born, and over which Heracles placed her as ruler, was named Pandaea after her."
One may note that Balarama was of white complexion unlike Krishna who was black.
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