  We discuss the possibility of simultaneous and sequential synchronisation in
vertical and horizontal arrays of unidirectionally coupled discrete systems.
This is realized for the specific case of two dimensional Gumowski-Mira maps.
The synchronised state can be periodic,thereby bringing in control of chaos, or
chaotic for carefully chosen parameters of the participating units. The
synchronised chaotic state is further characterised using variation of the time
of synchronisation with coupling coefficient, size of the array etc. In the
case of the horizontal array, the total time of synchronisation can be
controlled by increasing the coupling coefficient step wise in small bunch of
units.
