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Moreover, a Manuscript of The "Shree Lakshmi-Tantra" is found in one of the oldest libraries of Gujarat

From "SANKARSHANA SAMHITA Narada Pancaratram" SWAMINARAYANA AKSHARA PITH SANSKRIT 2004

Spread of Pancharatra Agamas in India

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In Gujarat many Manuscripts, Images, Temples and Inscriptions of Vaishnavism based on Pancharatra Agamas are found. 

The Oriental Institute of the M.S. University has vast number of manuscripts of Pancharatra Agamas. 

In Rajasthan's Indological Institute of Udaipur there is a bunch of Pancharatra Manuscripts, bearing serial no. 200, written in the Devanagari script, on the palm-leaf material which consists of 86 folios, each measuring 14" x 7". 

And on the front page there is a statement in Gujarati by the scribe Gopiram, "from folio 51, one adhyaya is missing". 

The manuscripts are of 1818 CE. 
Moreover, a Manuscript of The "Shree Lakshmi-Tantra" is found in one of the oldest libraries of Gujaratnamely Dahilakshmi Library, Nadiad.