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Banabhatta refers to this work in his Kadambari and Harshacharita. In the Harshacharita he says that this text was read out to him in his native village
Alberuni (973 -1048), the noted Persian scholar, describes eighteen Puranas in his works and Vayu Purana is said to have ranked as a sacred scripture, even prior to 600.
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