friends, there is one paranjothi thiruvilayadal puranam possibly written in 1650 the second one is alavayudayar thiruvilayadalpuranam -period not known, and there is a pulayoor nambi t.v.puranam possibly 11 th century.
but when was the first t.v.p written. there mentions of tv events in appar thevaram. so it is prior to 600ad. there are mentions of jain hagemony so it is prior to 7th century. but there are mentions of powerful chola kings- so it is early cholas or later cholas? if they are early one possibly the urayoor cholans ( 300-400 ad)?.
t.v.p is a part of skandhapuranam . sanskrit puranas were compiled in gupta period 200-400 ad. so can we say tvp is 200 AD as well.
Dear Sir, Is there any refernces of them being compiled in Gupta period?
Becasue they were attributed to Sage Vyasa. ( Again that too needs a concrete proof) Silambu mentions many instances of Siva/Krishna/Skanda/Vishnu leelas.
michael wood -historian and indologist says so in his book ' STORY OF INDIA" oxford publication 2007. the problem is, noone doubts the antiquity of puranas but the issue is when the stories like the villainous cholans and jains were inserted into it?