The book offers a historical and critical survey of modern Gujarati poetry from 1845 to 1945.

[1] As mentioned in the preface, Sundaram was asked by Gujarat Vernacular Society to write a history of Gujarati poetry written during 1845 to 1945.

[1][2] The book presents an outline of the history of modern Gujarati poetry, and deals with the main currents of modern Gujarati poetry as it developed during a period of eighty years (1845–1945).

[1] Since it publication, Arvachin Kavita remained as the most significant critical landmark of Gujarati literature.

[4] Chandrakant Topiwala acclaimed the book and wrote that, "...this is a trustworthy historical study of modern Gujarati poetry conducted with close reading and careful analysis of the texts".