CONTENTS:-
I. The Jat Uprising of 1669:
- Causes of the Revolt.
- The Outbreak of the Rebellion.
- Aftermath of the Rebellion.
II. The Breakdown of Mughal Administration and the Fresh Jat Eruptions (1680-1707):
- Rise of Brij Raj.
- Rise of Raja Ram Jat (c. 1682-1688), Estimate of Raja Ram.
- Imperial Operation and the Fitful Activities of the Jats: (1688-1695).
- Bishan Singh's Operations against the Jats.
- Rise of Churaman II.
III. The Decline of the Mughal Empire and the Rise of the Jat Power (1707-1720):
- The Decline of the Mughal Empire.
- Precarious Detente Between the Mughals and the Jats.
- Churaman Helps the Government.
- Involvement in the Court Politics.
- Jai Singh's Jat Expedition siege of Thun (September 1716-May 1718).
- Consequence of Jai Singh's Expedition.
- Churaman as the Ally of the Wazir and the Mir Bakshi.
IV. The Mughal Jat Relations After the Fall of the Sayyids (1720-1722):
- Saadat Khan's First Operations against the Jats (February-September, 1721).
- Saadat Khan's Second Operations (September 1721-1722), Character and Estimate of Rao Churaman II.
- 'Raja' Muhkam Singh (c. September October, 1721-18 November, 1722), Jai Singh's Second Expedition (August-September, 1722).
- Consequences of Jai Singh's Second Expedition.
- Character and Estimate of Muhkam Singh
V. Emergence of Jat Kingdom: Policy and Measures (1723-1756):
- Jat Kingdom at the end of Badan Singh's Reign.
- Character and achievements of Badan Singh
VI. The Jats as the Feudatories of the Empire (1723-1748):
- Jat Policy and implications of the emergence of Jat Kingdom.
- Jat participation in the Imperial Affairs.
- The Marathas Dun the Jats for Tribute
VII. The Rising Importance of the Jats in the Imperial Affairs-(I) (1749-1753):
- Safdar Jang's First Expedition against the Jats, Suraj Mal defeats the Mir Bakshi.
- Safdar Jang's Second Expedition against the Jats: July, 1750.
- Alliance Between the Wazir and Suraj Mal.
- Suraj Mal and the First Afghan Expedition.
- Jats and the Court Politics between the Two Afghan Expeditions.
- The Jats and the Second Afghan Expedition
VII. The Rising Importance of the Jats in the Imperial Affairs - (II):
- Jats and the Court Developments: 1752-1753.
- Bal Ram's Affair and the Murder of Javed.
- Suraj Mal's Campaign against Bahadur Singh, The Jats and the Civil War
IX. The Jats in the Vortex of Hostile Forces-(I) (1753-1757):
- Imad-Maratha Attack on the Jats (November 1753 May 1754) Its Causes.
- Attack on the North and East.
- The Siege of the Jat forts.
- Suraj Mal and the Imperial Wizarat.
- Suraj Mal on the Imperial Problems.
- Tilpat Talks.
- Relations with the Marathas.
- Jawahar Singh's Rebellion against Raja Suraj Mal
X. The Jats in the Vortex of Hostile Forces-(II):
- Ahmad Shah Abdali's Jat Expedition.
- Assault on Ballamgarh (3rd March).
- Battle of Chaumuha (28th February).
- Blood Bath at Mathura.
- Sack of Vrindavan (c. 6th March).
- Bloody Encounter with the Nagas of Gokul (16th March).
- Sack and Massacre at Agra (21st March).
- Causes of the Abdalli's Return.
- Underlying causes of the Shah's Expedition.
- Consequences of Shah's Expedition
XI. The Phase of Cautious Disentanglement -(I) (1753-1760):
- Jat-Maratha Reprochment: c. June 1757.
- Suraj Mal and Ali Gauhar-Imad Tussle: Suraj Mal's patch-up with Imad.
- Jats and the Afghan-Maratha Struggle.
- Ahmad Shah and Suraj Mal in 1760.
- Rival Attempts to Win over the Jats.
- Jats join Bhau.
- Suraj Mal's withdrawl from Bhau's Camp
XII. The Phase of Cautious Disentanglement-(II):
- Causes of the Withdrawl of Suraj Mal from Bhau's Camp.
- Suraj Mal helps the Fugitives from Panipat.
- Dunani's Jat Expedition fizzles out (March, 1761)
XIII. The Clash of Ambitions (1761-1763):
- Mathura Congress (Middle of April to Middle of June, 1761) Suraj Mal and efforts for Peace and Regular Imperial Government.
- Suraj-Najib Parley at Dankaurghat (November, 1761).
- Post Panipat at Expension and Strife Between Suraj Mal and Najib (1761-1763).
- The Jat Attack on Farrukh Nagar.
- Fight Between Suraj Mal and Najib (December, 1763)
XIV. The Jat Kingdom at its Zenith
