1. Introduction
2. Preface to the First Edition
3. Introduction by F.D. Ascoli I. Bengal as a Province of the Mughal Empire and the Origin of the British Dominion II. The Mughal Revenue Administration III. British Revenue Administration up to 1786 IV. Revenue Administration from 1786-1790 V. The Grant-Shore Controversy: Grant's Case VI. The Grant-Shore Controversy: Shore's Case VII. The Shore-Cornwallis Controversy VIII. The Effects of the Permanent Settlement IX. Copy of the Fifth Report from the Select Committee