• Chapter 01 Bricks, Beads, and Bones; The Harappan Civilisation
• Chapter 02 Kings, Farmers, and Towns; Early States and Economies (c. 600 BCE - 600 CE)
• Chapter 03 Kinship, Caste, and Class; Early Societies (c. 600 BCE - 600 CE)
• Chapter 04 Thinkers, Beliefs, and Buildings; Cultural Developments (c. 600 BCE - 600 CE)
• Chapter 05 Through the Eyes of Travelers; Perceptions of Society (c. Tenth to Seventeenth Century)
• Chapter 06 Bhakti-Sufi Traditions; Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts (c. Eighth to Eighteenth Century)
• Chapter 07 An Imperial Capital; Vijayanagara (c. Fourteenth to Sixteenth Century)
• Chapter 08 Peasants, Zamindars Eight and the State; Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire (c. Sixteenth-Seventeenth Centuries)
• Chapter 09 Colonialism and the Countryside; Exploring Official Archives
• Chapter 10 Rebels and the Raj; The Revolt of 1857 and Its Representations
• Chapter 11 Mahatma Gandhi and the Nationalist Movement; Civil Disobedience and Beyond
• Chapter 12 Framing the Constitution; The Beginning of a New Era