नमस्ते, First post on Itihāsa, this post is just basic link to article by mAnasa-taraMgiNI on the Vaisnavam roots and links with similar culture. Need to read so keeping it here.

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Figure 1. Viṣṇu (an image of seal impression of seal from Gandhāra; Northwestern India showing a Hunnic or Iranic lord worshiping the god) and Celtic Taranis (an ancient Gaulish bronze found in 1774 CE at Le Chatelet, France) [From the article].

Article: https://manasataramgini.wordpress.com/2020/01/02/the-roots-of-vai%e1%b9%a3%e1%b9%87avam-a-view-from-the-numerology-of-vedic-texts/

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