11/17 Reckoning by centuries is, of course, inapplicable to pure myth. The author believed in Bentley's baseless chronology. For the Mahabharata, see _ante_, note 11, Chapter 1. The Bhagavata Purana is the most popular of the Puranas, The Hindi version of the tenth book (_skandha_) is known as the 'Prem Sagar'. The date of the composition of the Puranas is uncertain. |