Ian Todd and Alex Fishman have published a new book on the silver coinage of the Gupta Empire. Congratulations! Here's the announcement. -Editor

"Long-awaited, urgently needed! The new landmark publication by Ian Todd and Alexander Fishman on the silver coins of the Gupta kings and their contemporaries – starting with the fall of the last K?atrapas – is a gain in scientific knowledge for historians and numismatists alike, a real reading pleasure, a must-have for each and every collector. Old tracks are re-read and re-evaluated, new coins and new names are presented, loose ends are tied together. The result is an exciting journey through, and a completely new picture of, the political and numismatic history of 5th century India."

"Another tour de force by Todd and Fishman, names now fixed in the proud annals of independent numismatic scholarship."

"The Gupta dynasty initiated a glorious phase in the history of India. Its advances and achievements are reflected in the magnificent coins it produced, and the same coins are an indispensable tool for a correct description of the political development. This catalogue is all-encompassing, regarding the sheer mass of its contents and its possible interpretations alike. This book will be essential for serious historiography for generations to come."

"In times past, the people of peninsular Gujarat were well known for their strong preference for small silver coins. This gave rise to large quantities of carefully-engraved drammas that have attracted the attention of numismatists for many generations now. A great deal of them are well identified and classified, but many others are still subject to considerable debate. Todd and Fishman are to be congratulated for tackling the knottier problems of attribution, and for presenting us a lucid and convincing catalogue that very cogently ties together the long succession of K?atrapa – Gupta – Traiku?aka – K???araja silver drammas into an evolutionary succession. In doing so they have, once again, provided numismatists a rich databank of epigraphic, metrological and metallographic information that should foster future interest, and research, into this interesting series."

"It takes exceptional people to interpret the mass of information about sequences, dates, rulers and contemporaries that is uniquely available from the silver coinages of the Guptas and associated states – and then present it in all its complexity in the clearest of drawings, diagrams and illustrations. Todd and Fishman's book is a splendid read, full of new interpretations and ideas which has filled a huge gap in our knowledge and is an achievement of the first order. It will be the standard reference for at least a generation."