1. Before the Common Era: Beginnings of South Indian History
1.1- Prehistoric cultures by P. Shanmugam
1.2- Megalithic burials and graffiti by Y. Subbarayalu
1.3- Beginnings of south Indian history by Noboru Karashima
1.4- The Brahmi script and south Indian languages by Y. Subbarayalu

2. First Century BCE to Fifth Century CE: The Satavahanas, the Early Tamil Polities, and Their Successors
2.1- The Satavahanas in the Deccan by Y. Subbarayalu
2.2- Sangam and post-Sangam literature by Y. Subbarayalu
2.3- Early Tamil polity by Y. Subbarayalu
2.4- Post-Satavahana and post-Sangam polities by Y. Subbarayalu
2.5- Religion and religious monuments in early south India by Y. Subbarayalu
2.6- Roman trade and contacts with Southeast Asia by Noboru Karashima

3. Sixth Century to Ninth Century: The New-Type States and the Bhakti Movement
3.1- The emergence of a new type of state
3.2- Kingship and statecraft by Noboru Karashima
3.3- Agrarian developments by Noboru Karashima
3.4- Capitals and temples by P. Shanmugam
3.5- The bhakti movement by Noboru Karashima
3.6- Women in premodern south Indian society by R. Mahalakshmi

4.The Tenth to Twelfth Centuries: The Emergence of a Centralized State
4.1- The balance of two powers by Noboru Karashima
4.2- The Chola state: Centralized or segmentary? by Noboru Karashima
4.3- Changes in landholding system and society by Noboru Karashima
4.4- Maritime trade and merchant activities by Noboru Karashima
4.5- States in the Deccan and Kerala by Noboru Karashima
4.6- Religion and society by Noboru Karashima
4.7- Language and literature by Hiroshi Yamashita
4.8- Temples and sculpture by R. Mahalakshmi

5. Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries: Period of Social Change and Transition
5. 1- The fall of the old states by Noboru Karashima
5.2- Emergence of new jatis and supra-local/community organizations by Noboru Karashima
5..3 Mathas, Saivasiddhantism, and Virasaivism by Noboru Karashima

6. Fifteenth Century to Seventeenth Century: Vijayanagar State and the Wider World
6.1- Vijayanagar and the sultanates in the Deccan by Noboru Karashima
6.2- Vijayanagar state and the nayakas by Noboru Karashima
6.3- Development of trade and industry by Noboru Karashima
6.4- 'Hindu Sultan' and religions by Noboru Karashima
6.5- Architecture and sculpture by P. Shanmugam
6.6- The nayaka states and the emergence of new ethos by Noboru Karashima
6.7- The coming of the Europeans by Nobuhiro Ota

7. Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries: British Rule and Indian Society
7.1- Regional states
7.2- The colonization of south India: The East India Companies and the wars
7.3- Incorporation into the global economy by Tsukasa Mizushima
7.4- Colonial formation
7.5- Responses to colonial formation

8. Twentieth Century: Independence and After
8.1- Towards Independence: Politics, society, and economy
8.2- Independence and after: Politics, society, and economy