The first edition of this work was published in London in 1928 by Messrs Macmillan and Co. Ltd. For some time it has remained out of print. There has been, however, a steady demand for it, calling for a second edition. It is now issued with several Addenda based on new material discovered since the first edition.

The enormous mass of transliteration of Sanskrit and Prakrit names and words involved a good deal of difficult printing, with various diacritical marks and accented types, leaving mistakes which could not be helped.