"The author of this work has undtrtaken the task of narrating in High Hindi the history of the famous Buddhist sanctuary of Sarnath the Isipatana-Migadaya of the Pali scriptures from the earliest recorded times down to the present day, and he has accomplished it, on the whole, very well. Beginning with the Pali sources, he proceeds to trace the fortunes of Sarnath through the centuries as indicated by the monuments and inscriptions found there, which attest the rule of Asoka, the Suhgas, Sakas, Guptas, and later monarchs. He then givts a sketch of the excavations made at Sarnath, which, beginning from the casual vandalism of Jagat Singh nearly 130 years ago, have gradually brought to light the ancient glories of the place ; and this is followed by an account of its monuments and inscriptions and of its present condition.
