"RADHA - KRISHNA & Our History
Our history is ancient. The 4000- year- old Vedas do not mention Radha & Krishna. The Upanishads mention Krishna & Devaki but whether these are the same figures as in the story we know, we can't say. Krishna is first mentioned in the Mahabharata, the 2000- year- old mahakavya. Here we hear about Krishna and his relationship with the Kuru clan. There is no description of him as a cowherd. Written as many as 1600 years ago, a poem, a mahakavya, called Harivansh first mention Krishna's childhood as a cowherd. In the Mahabharata Krishna as Gopala is mentioned only in the defeat of Shishupala. In the Bhagavata Purana of the tenth century , Krishna sings and dances with the Gopis. Here rasa- Leela is first mentioned and described. Here, too, Radha is not mentioned. Radha first appears in Prakritkavya . There's king called Hala who complied an anthology of prakritkavyas called Gothashabdashati. It talks about the love of Radha & Krishna. Here, Krishna is a cowher...