The latter part of the work, about three-fifths of the whole, deals with Buddhism in Burma, and contains information not obtainable elsewhere.
It shows a continuous literary effort through the eight and a half centuries, and constantly renewed ecclesiastical controversy.
[3] The Dhammikarama Temple in Penang, Malaysia contains a Sasana Vamsa Sima Shrine Hall in honour of Bode's work.
N. R. Ray used Bode's edited Pali text as the main source for his 1946 Introduction to the Study of Theravāda Buddhism in Burma.
B. C. Law in 1952 produced for the Pali Text Society an English translation of the Sāsanavaṃsa.