| | Illustrations | iv |
| 1 | General Information | 1 |
| 2 | Stepped-well as an Architectural Form | 3 |
| | Stepped Corridor | 6 |
| | The Well | 8 |
| 3 | The Sculptures | 10 |
| | 1. Two-fold division of sculptures | 10 |
| | 2. Vishnu's twenty-four forms | 10 |
| | 3. Parvati's penance | 11 |
| | 4. The eight Vasus | 12 |
| | 5. Images in the niches | 13 |
| | 6. Images in the niches of the corridor | 14 |
| | 7. Images in the niches of the well | 27 |
| | 8. Sculptures on the upright posts | 29 |
| | 9. Detached sculptures | 31 |
| | 10. Queen Udayamati | 32 |
| 4 | Date, Authorship and Style | 33 |
| 5 | Rani-ki-Vav as Commemorative Monument | 34 |
| | Glossary | 35 |
| | Further Reading | 36 |
