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The book covers various aspects of the Native Life during The Raj, and the same are discussed under the sections of The Polity, Coronation Durbar (with maps), Communities, Women, Men, Entertainment, Nautch Girls, Transportation & Communication, Street Views, Shrines, Festivals, and Wars. The Indian Picture Postcards are also studied.

In a Picture Postcard, the title as labelled by the publisher, the format at the back, the postal markings and the sender's message together impart authenticity and also provide more information than otherwise could have been provided by a photograph.

The Picture Postcards have rarely been used for a study, simply because of their unavailability in quantities sufficient to form a study material. Here are about 550 scarce Picture Postcards, almost all of which have been produced between 1898 and 1918. The academic matter herein has almost entirely been referred to from literature prior to 1922.