1. _Origin of the Bhats._
2. _Bhats and Charans._
3. _Lower-class Bhats._
4. _Social status of the caste._
5. _Social customs._
6. _The Bhat's business._
7. _Their extortionate practices._
8. _The Jasondhis._
9. _The Charans as carriers._
10. _Suicide and the fear of ghosts._
11. _Instances of haunting and laying ghosts._
12. _The Charans as sureties._
13. _Suicide as a means of revenge._
14. _Dharna._
15. _Casting out spirits._
16. _Sulking. Going bankrupt._
17. _Bhat songs._