Related: Did Jesus live?, Did Moses live?
Rudolf Otto claimed:
That Krishna himself was a historical figure is indeed quite indubitable. [Source]
Despite this, much of modern Western discourse ignores (or displays skepticism towards) a historical Krishna, while Indian discourse maintains that he is in fact historical.
I have read a few of the arguments for a historical Krishna, and we have only dealt with one here:
Has the legendary city of Dwarka been found under water?
I consider this to be a weak support, even if the underwater ruins do turn out to date older.
It is difficult to find much modern scholarship addressing this topic, so I decided if we could tackle Jesus and Moses here, perhaps we could tackle Krishna as well.
Is there a case in modern scholarship for a historical Krishna? If so, what is the evidence?
