Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the Second Edition; Abbreviations; Introduction; Foreword; Preface to the First Edition; 1. Life of ShankarÄ#x81;chÄ#x81;rya; 2. The Date of ShankarÄ#x81;chÄ#x81;rya; 3. ShankarÄ#x81;chÄ#x81;ryaâ#x80;#x99;s Teachings; 4. The Ten Orders or Dasnamis; 5. Rules and Practices of Dasnami Monks; 6. The Akharas and their Constitution: Past History of the Akharas; 7. Householder or Grihastha Gosavis; 8. Hindu Fighting Priest: Their Early History; 9. Rajendra Giri Gosain (ad 1751-1753); 10. Anupgiri alias Himmat Bahadur: Early Career; 11. In the Jat Service, 1764-1766
12. In Bundelkhand and Oudh Service13. In the Emperorâ#x80;#x99;s Service; 14. Later Service under the Empire: Anupgiris Diplomacy, 1782-1784; 15. Mahadji Sindhia and the Gosains: Anupgiriâ#x80;#x99;s Rupture with Mahadji Sindhia and Recovery of Power (November 1784-October 1788); 16. The Last Stage 1789-1804 Rupture with Mahadji Sindhia and Migration to Bundelkhand; 17. Military Services under our Princes; 18. Gosains in Banking Administration and Civil Administration; 19. A Short History of Akhara Mahanirvani (Contributed); Index