1. The Poona districts in 1818 -- 2. The politics of moderation -- 3. The utilitarian deluge -- 4. The twilight of the Watandars -- 5. The Deccan riots of 1875 -- 6. Reconsiderations and reappraisals -- 7. The non-acquisitive society -- 8. Old elites and new horizons -- 9. The Poona districts in 1918 -- 10. Retrospect.