The coins of the Indo-Greek dynasties. The coins of the Saka, Pahlava and Western Kshatrapa dynasties. Coins of the Kushana dynasties. Coins of the Satavahana dynasties.
Coins constitute a major source of information for the history of ancient India.
But a study of the coins of various ancient Indian dynasties, both foreign and indigenous, in a comprehensive manner has been a desideratum till now. Though numerous catalogues of the coins of the Indo-Greeks, Sakas, Pahlavas, Kushanas, Satavahanas and the Guptas are now available, but no work dealing with their general features, types and numerous problems associated with them at one place has been undertaken by any scholar so far. The present work from the erudite pen of Professor S.R. Goyal, one the greatest living authorities on ancient Indian history, now famous also for his Indigenous Coins of Early India and An Introduction to Gupta Numismatics, fulfils this need. It is divided into eight chapters and contains an exhaustive bibliography, numerous photographic illustrations and linedrawings. It also describes select coin-types of various dynasties.