sentences:  The date of composition for both the "Ganesha Purana" and the "Mudgala Purana", and their dating relative to one another, has been a matter of academic debate.Both works contain age-layered strata, but these strata have not been clearly defined through the process of critical editorship.Some strata of the available redactions of the "Ganesha Purana" and the "Mudgala Purana" probably reflect mutual influence upon one another, including direct references to one another.