Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Original Title -- Original Copyright -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- I. THE COMPANY BEFORE PLASSEY -- ITS CONSTITUTION, RELATION TO THE INDIAN STATES, AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF ITS SETTLEMENTS AND TERRITORIES -- 1. THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMPANY -- 2. THE COMPANY AND THE NATIVE PRINCES -- 3. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE COMPANY'S SETTLEMENTS AND TERRITORIES -- (a) THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNMENT -- (b) JURISDICTION AND LEGISLATION IN BOMBAY -- (c) JURISDICTION AND LEGISLATION IN MADRAS -- (d) JURISDICTION AND LEGISLATION IN BENGAL -- II. THE DIWANI, THE EXPLOITATION OF BENGAL, DYARCHY, AND ANARCHY -- 1. THE GRANT OF THE DTWANI -- 2. THE WORKING OF DYARCHY -- III. THE INTERVENTION OF PARLIAMENT, NORTH'S REGULATING ACT, AND WARREN HASTINGS -- 1. WARREN HASTINGS IN BENGAL -- 2. THE INTERVENTION OF PARLIAMENT AND THE REGULATING ACT -- 3. WARREN HASTINGS AS GOVERNOR-GENERAL-EXTERNAL AFFAIRS -- 4. WARREN HASTINGS AS GOVERNOR-GENERAL-INTERNAL AFFAIRS -- IV. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ORGANIZED ADMINISTRATION: PITT'S ACT AND CORNWALLIS -- 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY CONTROL -- 2. CORNWALLIS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS -- 3. THE REFORMS OF CORNWALLIS -- V. THE SUPREMACY OF THE COMPANY IN INDIA AND THE CHARTER ACTS OF 1818-53 -- 1. THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE COMPANY'S SUPREMACY -- 2. THE CONSTITUTIONAL LEGISLATION OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT: THE CHARTER ACTS OF 1813-53 -- 3. THE SYSTEM OF ADMINISTRATION -- (a) BENGAL -- (b) MADRAS -- (c) BOMBAY -- (d) THE NORTH-WESTERN AND OTHER PROVINCES -- 4. THE ARMED FORCES OF THE COMPANY -- 5. RELIGION, EDUCATION, AND SOCIAL REFORM -- VI. THE DIRECT RULE OF THE QUEEN EMPRESS -- THE GOLDEN AGE OF BUREAUCRACY -- 1. THE ASSUMPTION OF GOVERNMENT BY THE CROWN -- 2. THE HOME GOVERNMENT OF INDIA -- 3. THE CENTRAL AND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENTS IN INDIA -- (a) THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE