Nursery studies were conducted on Dalbergia sissoo seedlings raised from six provenances within the natural distribution range, namely Sibsagar (Assam), Gonda (eastern Uttar Pradesh), Chiriyapur (western Uttar Pradesh), Hissar (Haryana), Simblewala (Jammu) in India, and Kankai (Nepal) during 1995-97. A significant variation existed among different seed sources for growth characters, i.e., height, collar diameter, leaf number, root length and biomass production, after 3-4 months. The Gonda seed source had the best performance with respect to growth and biomass production, followed by Nepal and Chiriyapur. Significant differences were observed during the 2nd year of growth among different seed sources. The study also indicated that multitrait selection criteria and environmental parameters play an essential role in evaluating the seed sources in D. sissoo .