Synopsis The book emphasises upon the significant relevance of coin as a measuring meter to determine the chronology and sequence of cultures revealed from closely observed archaeological excavations in India conducted under scientific methods of stratification and vice versa, the impact of the cultural equipments of the coin-bearing strata on the coeval monetary issues, a study of which often modifies, supplements or rectifies many conventional ideas on early Indian coins. Incidentally, the work undertakes a critical analysis of many associated topics and sorts out the salient material features of the successive cultural deposits of early historic India.