1. _General notice._
2. _The Banias a true caste: use of the name._
3. _Their distinctive occupation._
4. _Their distinctive status._
5. _The endogamous divisions of the Banias._
6. _The Banias derived from the Rajputs._
7. _Banias employed as ministers in Rajput courts._
8. _Subcastes._
9. _Hindu and Jain subcastes: divisions among subcastes._
10. _Exogamy and rules regulating marriage._
11. _Marriage customs._
12. _Polygamy and widow-marrriage._
13. _Disposal of the dead and mourning._
14. _Religion: the god Ganpati or Ganesh._
15. _Diwali festival._
16. _Holi festival._
17. _Social customs: rules about food._
18. _Character of the Bania._
19. _Dislike of the cultivators towards him._
20. _His virtues._
21. _The moneylender changed for the worse._
22. _The enforcement of contracts._
23. _Cash coinage and the rate of interest._
24. _Proprietary and transferable rights in land._
25. _The Bania as a landlord._
26. _Commercial honesty._