The shallow marine Precambrian Pakhal sandstones (Middle Proterozoic, about 1400 Ma) of the Godavari valley are composed of first-cycle terrigenous grains derived from the crystalline Basement Complex. The sandstones include a large number of rounded and well rounded grains of quartz and feldspar. The rounded grains, without exception, occur in intimate association with angular grains. The sandstones are also characterised by several other types of textural inversions. Relative effectiveness of several processes with regard to the development of roundness of the Pakhal sands has been considered. Simple sedimentary differentiation fails to explain the high degree of roundness of the first-cycle sands. Solutions rich in organic matter cannot be considered effective in rounding Proterozoic sands. Chemical action is inconsistent with the presence of fresh grains of feldspar. Beach processes also fail to explain the presence of large numbers of feldspar grains. The roundness of these sands is best explained by eolian processes, that can effectively round grains of quartz as well as feldspar. The textural inversions of the Pakhal sandstones can be attributed neither to mixing of sands derived from multiple sources nor to mixing of materials coming from different environments. They possibly resulted from mixing of sands with contrasting mechanisms of transport, viz., eolian and aqueous, in a common area of sedimentation. Eolian transport and abrasion processes probably played a more significant role during the time of Pakhal sedimentation than at present, because of the absence of protective vegetation in Proterozoic time.