CONTENTS: Preface, List of Illustrations, 1. Sacred Prabhas, 2. Brief Sketch of Ancient Saurashtra, 3. Some Foreign Accounts of Anahilavada Patan and the Temple of Somnath, 4. Early History of Somnath Temple, 5. First Attack on Somnath Temple, 6. Reconstruction, Desecration, and Reconstruction Again, 7. No Let-up in Destruction and Reconstruction, 8. Gaekwads of Baroda, 9. The Curious Case of Junagadh, 10. Sardar Patel at Somnath, 11. K.M. Munshi and Somnath, 12. Concern in Delhi, 13. Installation Ceremony, 14. A Thousand Years Later, APPENDICES: Appendix I: Bhadrakali Inscription, Appendix II: Veraval Inscription, Appendix III: Cintra Prashasti of the Reign of Sarangadeva (V.S. 1349), Appendix IV: Letters of Jawaharlal Nehru on Somnath, References, Index.