Date of Composition
Vishnu Purana contains a genealogy of the rulers of the Gupta Empire, and therefore its final version could not have been written before 320 CE.
The composition dates of Vishnu Purana mentioned by the various scholars include:
- H. H. Wilson: first century BCE; one of the oldest of the Puranas
- Hem Chandra Raychaudhuri: 320-255 CE
- Rajendra Chandra Hazra: 275-325 CE
- Moriz Winternitz: before 400 CE
- Gavin Flood: fourth century CE
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