Synopsis The work "The Glimpses of Pali Literature" presents for the first time a critical study and translation of the Gandhavamsa or "Book History" of Nandapanna of Burma. This forest dwelling Bhikkhu gives a brief history of the Canonical and non-Canonical books written in Sri Lanka and India (including further India) in his Gandhavamsa. Thus this text becomes an important cultural link between India and Burma, and India and Sri Lanka.