[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [The Purana Index](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951) › v1.c3.5 # The Purana Index v1.c3.5 The Purāṇa Index v1.c3.5 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.5) Recently, Indian scholars in the different Universities have been taking a keen interest in Purāṇic literature and reconstructing the history of ancient India and the chronology of its kings with Purāṇic data. In fact the Purāṇas have now come to stay as one of the principal sources of information for ancient Indian history. The growing interest in the study of Purāṇic literature points to the need for a critical edition of all the eighteen Mahāpurāṇas which should form the basis for an authoritative index of all the Purāṇas. - [Previous: v1.c3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.4) - [Next: v1.c3.s1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.s1.1) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.dikshitar-1951.v1.c3.5) · Pramāṇa