Scholars consider the 'Vasudeva' to be referring to a deity, because the inscription states that it was constructed by 'the Bhagavata Heliodorus' and that it is a ' Garuda pillar' (both are Vishnu-Krishna-related terms).

Its inscription is a dedication to 'Vasudeva', another name for Krishna in the Indian tradition. Named after the Indo-Greek, it is now known as the.

Other scholars disagree that the Krishna mentioned along with Devika in the ancient Upanishad is unrelated to the later Hindu god of the Bhagavad Gita fame. These doubts are supported by the fact that the much later age Sandilya Bhakti Sutras, a treatise on Krishna, cites later age compilations such as the but never cites this verse of the Chandogya Upanishad. This phrase, which means 'To Krishna the son of ', has been mentioned by scholars such as as a potential source of fables and Vedic lore about Krishna in the and other ancient literature – only potential, because this verse could have been interpolated into the text, or the Krishna Devakiputra, could be different from the deity Krishna. The verse (III.xvii.6) mentions Krishna in ' Krishnaya Devakiputraya' (Sanskrit: कृष्णाय देवकीपुत्राय) as a student of the sage Ghora of the Angirasa family. The, estimated to have been composed sometime between the 8th and 6th centuries BCE, has been another source of speculation regarding Krishna in ancient India.

The, a later appendix to the Mahabharata contains a detailed version of Krishna's childhood and youth. The eighteen chapters of the sixth book ( Bhishma Parva) of the epic that constitute the contain the advice of Krishna to on the battlefield.

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