Contents: Dedicaytion, Prefdace, Abbreviation, Introduction, Entries A-O Volume 2. Entries P-Z, Appendix: More About Some Issuers and Devices, Select Bibliography. This book discusses in detail about the origin of the coin usage in India. Coins have been one of the most important sources of histories of different kingdoms at different points of time. To extract more historical information from the times of Indo-Greeks, the Western Kshatrapas and the Saka-Pahlavas, coins have played a significant role. It is told that, to understand the history of India, a historian also needs to be a numismatist himself. Hence Prashant’s extensive research has proved to be an asset in published in the encyclopaedia, which is a two volume set. They attempt to address the monetary issues, the beginning and relics of the coinage in India. about the Author: Prashant is an Indian historian and a numismatist. He is the Associate Professor of Ancient Indian History and Archaeology at the University of Lucknow. He has been awarded four gold medals and he has authored 12 books. Some of them are Joint Coin-types of Ancient India, Aspects of Ancient Indian Numismatics, Coins of Ancient India, Art Motifs on Ancient Indian Coins and The Apracharajas.