Maharashta Purana

[2][3] In 1908, Byomakesh Mustafi edited the text for the first time; it was published in Sahitya Parishat Patrika with an introduction and accompanying notes.

[5][b] An improved English translation—alongside a critical transliteration and commentary—was published by Edward C. Dimock and Pratul Chandra Gupta in 1965 from the University of Hawaiʻi Press.

[7] The Purana was written by Gangaram Dev Chowdhury, a Hindu Kayastha from Dharishwar village who served as a scribe for the local Muslim zamindar, among his other works were Shuk Sambad and Labkush Charitra.

[8] A long narrative poem of 716 lines, the meters vary in accordance with the context;[6] despite the name, there is no significant resemblance to the eponymous epical genre.

[3] That the last line of the manuscript reads "Thus ends the first part of Maharashtra Puran [...], called Bhaskara-Parahaba", it has been suggested that Gangaram might have had drafted successor volumes.