Born in A.D. 1575, Lama Taranatha wrote this book in 1608. V. Vasil`ev of St.
Petersburg translated it from Tibetan into Russian in April 1869 followed by the
German translation of the text by Schiefner also published from St. Peterburg in
October of the same Year. In view of the profound importance of the work for
understanding Indian history in general and of the history of Buddhism in
particular. modern scholars have extensively using specially Schiefner`s German
translation of the History for decades and this for varied purposes.