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Vishnu Purana, BookIV chapterXXIV

Traditional attribution to Vyasa; English H. H. Wilson · Parashara as textual speaker; historical authorship not established

Kalki restores Vedic practice and Krita age amid political and moral decline; adjacent royal lists need separate historical treatment.

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Wilson 1840 historical English edition

IV.24, pp.483–485

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H. H. Wilson, The Vishnu Purana (1840), Internet Sacred Text Archive transcription

Book IV, chapter XXIV, pp.483–484, paragraph beginning When the practices; ends Krita age shall return

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