The main objective of the book is to explain the fundamentals of pharmaceutics in the simplest possible language, easy for the students to understand. The textbook keeps the balance between the basic essentials and advanced areas of knowledge,apart from the usual topics. The book is a thoughtful compilation which focuses on the primary aspects for students of pharmacy completing degree and diploma in institutions under various universities/boards. The most distinguishing feature of the book is ample long-answer and shortanswer type questions given at the end of every chapter which are highly useful for the readers.