ABSTRACT Indian Eocene amber, like other dammar-type fossil resins, has a unique feature where inclusions are easily extracted with organic solvents. This allows for a comparison of palynological assemblages embedded in the amber with those in associated sediments. Pollen assemblages extracted from the amber are rich with diverse angiosperm flora dominated by Liliacidites sp., Palmidites elongatus, Palmidites naviculus, Monocolpopollenites sp., Proxapertites cursus, Proxapertites sp., Albertipollenites crassireticulatus, Polybrevicolporites cephalus and Dipterocarpuspollenites retipilatus. Besides, pteridophyte spores, bryophytes, algal and a variety of fungal. In the associated sediments, mainly represented by clays carbonaceous shales and lignite, pollens are less diverse and poorly represented (nearly 23%). Palynological assemblages were recorded in both amber and in the sediment samples, but the palynological assemblage extracted from the amber is more diverse and better preserved. Resin, on the amber-producing trees, was able to intercept pollen from the full forest column from the canopy to the upper canopy to the soil to a taphonomic bias in comparison to sediment-derived palynological assemblages. The exceptionally well-preserved and diverse amber flora exhibits a tropical humid moist environment and shows the existence of Palm and Dipterocarpaceae-dominated deciduous forest (including herbs and shrubs) along with other mixed angiospermic, pteridophytic and bryophytic vegetation, growing near the seashore.