Contents: Preface. Introduction : 1. A thumb-nail sketch of Assam. 2. Sources of the history of Assam. 3. Pre-history and proto-history. I. Ancient period : 4. Origin and antiquity of Pragjyotisha or Kamarupa. 5. Traditional rulers and early history. 6. The Varmana line of kings. 7. Kamarupa under the Salastambhas and the Palas. 8. Later kings of Kamarupa and beginnings of disintegration. 9. Administration in ancient Assam. 10. Social and economic life. II. Medieval period : 11. Disintegration of the kingdom of Kamarupa. 12. The Koch kingdom. 13. Rise of the Ahoms. 14. Ahom-Mughal wars and organisation of the civil society. 15. The period of political instability 1673-1681. 16. The climacteric of Ahom rule. 17. The decay and fall of the Ahom monarchy. 18. Ahom policy towards the neighbouring hill tribes. 19. Administration in medieval Assam. 20. Social and economic life in medieval Assam. III. Modern Period : 21. The imperialistic manoeuvres. 22. Beginnings of the resistance movement. 23. The new regime. 24. The revolt of 1857 in Assam. 25. The period of Agrarian revolts 1860-1900. 26. Growth of national consciousness. 27. The Non-Cooperation and the Civil Disobedience Movement. 28. Freedom struggle at its height. 29. Social and economic life. 30. Assam after independence. Appendices: 1. Chronology of the kings of ancient Assam. 2. Chronology of Ahom kings. 3. Chronology of Koch kings. 4. List of Chief Commissioners, Lieutenant-Governors and Governors. 5. Certain facts about Assam. Glossary. Select Bibliography. Index.