Originally published in 1812 at the Serampore Mission Press, Itihasmala is an edited version by Paul Detienne, a Belgium Jesuit Priest in Kolkata from the original found in Kolkata. It contains 150 stories. The English translation of 40 stories can be found in S. Pearce Carey, William Carey D.D. (London: H&S, 1923), Chapter xvii.