The Indian political service : a study in indirect rule / by Terence Creagh Coen.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 269-275) and index.

PART I. THE POLITICAL OFFICER : CHAPTER 1. Our Subject - 2. Historical Synopsis - 3. Indirect Rule - 4. The Organization of the Service - 5. The Tributaries - 6. Recruitment - 7. Training - 8. Control of the Service - 9. They Also Served -- PART II. THE INDIAN STATES : 10. The Work of Political Officers in the States - II. Matters Affecting Certain States Only - 12. The Chamber of Princes - 13. Treaties and Gross Misrule - 14. The Rise and Fall of the Federal Scheme - 15. Tidying Up: Too Little and Too Late - 16. The Lapse of Paramountcy - 17. Partition and After: Indian States - 18. Partition and After: Pakistan States -- PART III. THE FRONTIER : 19. Baluchistan: Policy - 20. Baluchistan: Administration - 21. The North-West Frontier Province: Early History and Terrain - 22. The Punjab Period - 23. The Twentieth Century - 24. Waziristan - 25. The Red Shirts - 26. The Work of a Frontier Political Officer - 27. Frontier Patrol: Khassadars, Constabulary, Militia, Scouts, Frontier Force - 28. The Royal Air Force -- PART IV. FOREIGN POSTS : 29. Aden - 30. East Persia, the Persian Gulf and Iraq - 31. Afghanistan - 32. The Himalayan Frontier: Gilgit, Kashgar, Nepal, Assam, Sikkim, Bhutan - 33. The Himalayan Frontier Continued: Tibet - 34. Washington, Chungking, Pondicherry, Goa -- MAPS : I. The Indo-Pakistan Sub-Continent and surrounding countries - 2. Indian Empire 1858–1947 - 3. North-West Frontier and Afghanistan.