The Purana Index v1.c3.s3.5
The Purāṇa Index v1.c3.s3.5
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In the same way the Purāṇa nowhere makes mention of religious sects like Buddhism and Jainism which came to stay in the fifth and fourth centuries B.C. The Purāṇa is further an ardent advocate of the ancient Yoga theory. In as much as its injunctions regarding the practice of Yoga can be traced to Chalcolithic period of Indian history, as evidenced by the statues of the proto-historic and pre-historic Indus valley sculptures, we can say that it is the oldest of the Purāṇas, though we cannot say that it is as ancient as the Indus valley culture.