Divided by style, region and patronage into 21 chapters, this part having a volume each on Text and Plates explores the period under study for the Curvilinear Latina temple type in north India, as well as remaining early temples of its multifaced and multispired extensions. Clans, Capokatas in and feudatories referred to include the saindhavas, Capas, Capokatas in surastra; Saman in Kaccha; Massyas of Uparamala, Pratiharas of Mandor and of Jalor elsewhere in western India; Mauryas of Gopasivi, Gurjara-Pratiharas, Kalachuris, and Chandellas in central India; and Palas and Bhamma-Karas in eastern India.

Regional idioms discussed include those of Dasarna-Dahala, and Madhyadesa, Himachala, Sapadalaka, Surasena, and Marudesa; and Surastra, Malava and Kalinga. Temple plans, elevations and sections, maps, glossary and index are the highlights.