In times past, the people of Gujarat were known for their preference for small silver coins giving rise to large quanes of drammas. Many of the coinages of the series have been idenfied, but many are sll subject to debate. the authors in The Silver Coinages of the Gupta Empire and Associated States in Western India have tackled the problems of aribuon. The volume covers a long succession of the Kshatrapas – Gupta – Traikutaka –  Krishnaraja silver dramma into an evoluonary succession.