Brahma Sahampati who was a Buddha Kassapa follower who said that he developed the senses which was exactly what Indra represents to Indians. For example in this text from Tamil says the following,
Tituvalluvar uses the story Indra and Ahalya to illustrate that seers are greater than Indra when it comes to the control of senses (Kural 25)
I don’t know if this was a tradition all over India but it’s from Tamil Nadu text which is the region of Pre-Theravada school