I. Introduction
II. Prehistory: The Harappa culture and the Aryans
III. History: Ancient and Medieval empires
IV. The State: Political life and thought
V. Society: Class, family and individual
VI. Everyday life: the daily round in city and village
VII. Religion: cults, doctrines and metaphysics
VIII. The Arts: Architecture, sculpture, painting, music and the dance
IX. Language and literature
X. Epilogue: the Heritage of India
Appendices
I. Cosmology and geography
II. Astronomy
III. The calendar
IV. Mathematics
V. Physics and chemistry
VI. Physiology and medicine
VII. Logic and epistemology
VIII. Weights and measures
IX. Coinage
X. The alphabet and its pronunciation
XI. Prosody
XII. The gypsies