| Chapter No. | Chapter Title | Chapter Author | Page No. |
| BOOK I. FROM THE EARLIST TIMES TO 600 B.C. | | |
| I | The Prehistoric Age-- Early Man and his Implements | | 13 |
| II | The Prehistoric Age-- Race and Culture | | 16 |
| III | The Sindhu Valley | | 20 |
| IV | The Aryans | | 28 |
| V | The Vedas | | 33 |
| VI | Early Aryan Society | | 43 |
| VII | Later Vedic Period--Political History | | 65 |
| VIII | Later Vedic Period-Political theory and administrative system | | 74 |
| Ix | Later Vedic Period--Social and Religious | | 78 |
| BOOK II. FROM C. 600 B.C. TO C. 300 A.D. | | |
| I | Political History from the sixth to the fourth century B.C. | | 95 |
| II | The Maurya Empire | | 104 |
| III | From the end of the first to the beginning pf the second Magadha Empire | | 119 |
| IV | Political Theory and Administrative Organisation | | 140 |
| V | New Religios Movement | | 160 |
| VI | Literature | | 178 |
| VII | The Epic and the Hindu society | | 195 |
| VIII | colonisation and Economic condition | | 210 |
| IX | Art | | 216 |
| BOOK III. FROM C. 300 A.D. TO C.1200 A.D. | | |
| I | The Gupta Empire | | 230 |
| II | North India from C.500 a.d. to 650 A.D | | 248 |
| III | North India From C. 650 A.D. to C. 800 A.D | | 257 |
| IV | The Deccan up to the rise of the Rashtrkutas | | 269 |
| V | The Struggle for supremacy-- The Rashtrakutas ,the Palas and the Gurjara-Pratiharas | | 282 |
| VI | Downfall of the Pratihara Empire | | 288 |
| VII | Invasions of Sultan Mahmud | | 305 |
| VIII | Northern Inda in the 11th and 12th centuries A.d. | | 312 |
| IX | The Muslim Conquest of Northern India | | 344 |
| X | Nepal and Kashmir | | 354 |
| XI | Rise and Fall of Empires in the Deccan | | 365 |
| XII | Eastern and Western Deccan | | 379 |
| XIII | South India | | 394 |
| XIV | Political Theory and Public Administration | | 414 |
| XV | Growth of Local Self-government | | 421 |
| XVI | Religion | | 427 |
| XVII | Literature | | 437 |
| XVIII | The System of Education | | 451 |
| XIX | Economic Condition | | 455 |
| XX | Art and Architecture | | 458 |
| XXI | Degradation of Hindu Society | | 468 |
| XXII | Indian Colonies in the Far East | | 476 |
