| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| SECTION -I | HISTORIOGRAPHY | | |
| Science of Historiography | | 3 |
| Questions of Approach | | 8 |
| Sources of History and Historical Evidence | | 12 |
| Honesty in Shifting Evidence and Problems of Interpretation | | 28 |
| SECTION -II | ORIGIN OF CIVILIZATION AND THE RISE OF EARLY DYNASTIES | | |
| Geography of India | | 35 |
| beginnings of Indian Civilization and European Time Frame | | 56 |
| Submerged Cities and Advanced Civilizations in Ancient India | | 84 |
| Homeland of Early Indians | | 93 |
| The Vedic Age | | 118 |
| Vedic Age and the Technologically Advanced Indus-Sarasvati Civilization | | 136 |
| Vedic Religion- Hinduism | | 168 |
| Indian Culture | | 183 |
| Indian Society and the Varna Dharma | | 189 |
| The Age of Epics | | 208 |
| The Rise of Buddhism and Jainism | | 246 |
| Zoroastrianism | | 263 |
| The Age of Assimilation and Expansion of Ideas | | 270 |
| SECTION III | ANCIENT INDIA DURING 600 B.C. TO 1000 A.D. | | |
| The Rise of magadha Empire | | 279 |
| The Invasion of Alexander and its Impact | | 290 |
| The Maurya Dynasty | | 298 |
| Intervening Period and the Kushana Era | | 319 |
| The Gupta Period | | 336 |
| Invasions by Huns and Rise of the Vardhana Dynasty | | 353 |
| Pratiharas, Paramaras, Palas | | 361 |
| India's Contributions to the World of Ideas | | 372 |
| The Contributions of Ancient India to the Civilization of mankind | | 385 |
| History of medicine and Surgery in Ancient India- The Science of Ayurveda | | 427 |
| Impact of Indian Culture and Indian Civilization | | 440 |
| Music, Dance and Drama in Ancient India | | 471 |
| Women in Ancient India | | 487 |
| SECTION IV | HISTORY OF SOUTHERN INDIA | | |
| Early History | | 513 |
| The Satvahana Dynasty of Western India | | 528 |
| The Kadamba Dynasty | | 535 |
| The Ganga Dynasty | | 542 |
| The Chalukyas of Badami | | 552 |
| The Pallava Dynasty | | 563 |
| The Rashtrakuta Dynasty | | 578 |
| The Imperial Chola and Pandyas | | 591 |
| kalinga and Odisha | | 604 |
| Contributions of Southern India | | 612 |
