Pursuit of the Marks of Radha Neither Radha, nor the pair of Radha and Krishna is the central subject of any known work prior to Gitagovinda by Javadeva (estimated 1170-1245 CE) [Stoler-Miller, 1975]. Their treatment in stray verses of about 20 prior literary works indicates that the personality of Radha was already established to some extent before Gitagovinda. Oldest descriptions of pastimes of Radha and Krishna, explicitly mentioning Radha's name are confined to few scattered verses that can be found not in Sanskrit literature but in Prakrit works written by patrons of various kings like Sattasai of Hala (600 CE, "Krishna blew away cow-dust from Radha") and Gaudavaho (600 CE, "Radha's nail-marks remove anguish") followed by some scattered verses in Sanskrit literature like Venisamhara (800 CE, "Krishna followed Radhika covered in veil of tears"), Dhvanyalokalocana by Abhinavgupta (800 CE, "Radha embraced a vine that had grown on Jamuna b...