Introduction/Harsh Gupta and Fareeduddin. 1. The origin and evolution of the moon in a planetary context/Stuart Ross Taylor. 2. Lunar regolith and Low-Ti Mare simulants JSC-1 and JSC-1A/James L. Carter. 3. Catastrophes, extinctions and evolution: 50 years of impact cratering studies/W. Uwe Reimold and Christian Koeberal. 4. Dharwar craton: an example of Archaean geodynamics/S.M. Naqvi. 5. Petroliferous basins of India-fifty years' history and perspective/S.K. ...