Synopsis It is a festschrift presented to Dr. D. Raja Reddy, a reputed Neurosurgeon and Numismatist. The volume contains a wide range of articles on coins and coinage of India right from the beginning till to the recent times such as the punch marked coins and the coins of the preSatavahana, Satavahana, Sangam, Ikshvaku, Vakataka, Chalukya, Alupa, Pallava, Kakatiya, Vijayanagara, Delhi Sultanate, Mughal, Maratha, Sikh, Awadh and the British along with the literary evidences on the coins and coinage of India. A galaxy of scholars in numismatics representing all the states of India have contributed articles in hounour of Dr. D. Raja Reddy, a versatile Numismatist and a Historian. The spirit of the book lies in its continuity of history of coinage and the change over a period of time that made the life of the people comfortable.