
In some art works of the Vijayanagara Empire, temples of Gujarat and elsewhere, for example, Baladeva is the eighth avatar of Vishnu, prior to the Buddha Buddhism or Jina Jainism.

Bala rama and Krishna with they attributes at Chilas.īalarama is an ancient deity, a prominent one by the epics era of Indian history as evidenced by archeological and numismatic evidence. On the other side of these coins is Vasudeva-Krishna holding the conch and chakra. Balarama-Samkarshana is typically shown standing with a gada in his right hand and holding plough in his left. He is classified in the Vyuha avatar Sankarshana where in Adishesha and Lakshmana are part of.

Balarama is an ancient deity, a prominent one by the epics era of Indian history as evidenced by archeological and numismatic evidence.
