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The composition date of Padma Purana is unknown. Estimates vary between the 4th and 15th century CE.[13] Some parts of the text may be from the 750 to 1000 CE period.[14] The extant manuscripts and ones widely studied, states Wilson, is very likely to have been written or revised well after the 14th century, probably in the 15th or 16th century, because it describes later era major temple sites of south India and sites in the Vijayanagara Empire.[4] No portion of the versions of the Padma Purana available in the 19th century, wrote Wilson, is “probably older than the 12th-century”.[4] Asoke Chatterjee, in 1963, suggested that the text may have existed between the 3rd and 4th century CE, but the text was rewritten and greatly expanded over the centuries and through the second half of the 17th century.[15] Wilson 1864, pp. 29–35. Vanita 2005, p. 144. ^ Doniger 2010, p. 473. ^ K P Gietz 1992, pp. 287 with notes 1572-1574, 290 with note 1586. There are 18 Mukhya Puranas (Major Puranas) and 18 Upa Puranas (Minor Puranas),[8] with over 400,000 verses.[2] The first versions of various Puranas were likely to have been composed between 3rd and 10th century CE.[9] The Puranas do not enjoy the authority of a scripture in Hinduism,[8] but are considered as Smritis.[10][...x]