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Dr. Syed Ejaz Hussain belongs to the family of late Syed Luqman Haider, a devotee of education and learning, who founded the Town High School at Ara (Bihar) as early as 1882. In 1983, he topped in M.A. (History) from Magadh University, Both-Gaya and was awarded gold medal. He obtained Ph.D. degree in History from Patna University, Patna in 1991. Dr. Ejaz has contributed a number of research papers in national and international conferences as well as in learned journals. He has toured extensively in India and abroad and has consulted the coin-cabinets such as those of the American Numismatic Society, New York; the British Museum, London and the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. He has also received the Charles Wallace (India) Trust Fellowship to study the Sultanate coins in the collection of the Fitzeilliam Museum, Cambridge and is preparing a Catalogue of the said series. Presently Dr. Ejaz teaches History in Visva-Bharati University, Santiniketan.

Sanjay Garg had his earliest lessons in numismatics from Dr. Parmeshwari Lal Gupta at the Indian Institute of Research in Numismatic Studies, Nasik. His pubpished works include The Coins of Dal Khalsa and Lahore Darbar (1989) which he coauthored with Dr. Gupta. Besides, he has edited Indian Numismatics, History, Art and Culture: Essays in Honour of Dr. Parmeshwari Lal Gupta 2 vols. (1992). He is also an Associate Editor of the Numismatic Digest (since 1990). Shri Garg is at present an Assistant Director of Archives in the National Archives of India, New Delhi.