(Sample Material) IAS Mains History Study Kit

IAS (Mains) History

Ancient India History

• Pre-historic India and the Harappan Culture
• The Vedic Culture
• Religious Movements
• The Rise of the Magadha
• The Mauryan Empire
• Post-Mauryan
• Gupta Empire
• Post-Gupta Period
• India During 300 – 700 A.D.

Medieval India History

• Early Medieval India
• Delhi Sultanate
• Vijayanagar & Bahamani Empire
• Administration & Economy
• Society, Culture & Religion
• Regional Centres of Power
• Mughal Empire
• Mughal Administration & Economy
• Mughal Architecture
• The Maratha Age

Modern India History

• Eighteenth Century’s India
• Advent of the Europeans & ascendance of the British
• Administration & Economy under the company rule (1757-1857)
• Early Uprisings, Revolt of 1857 & British Policies after 1857
• The Indian Renaissance
• Indian National Congress
• Rise of Indian Nationalism
• Peasant & Trade Union Movements
• Development of Education & the Indian Press
• Gandhian Era (1917-1947)

World History

• The Enlightenment
• American Revolution
• French Revolution
• Chinise Revolution
• League of Nations
• Industrial Revolution
• The First World War
• The Second World War
• The Cold War
• Decolonalisation
• United Nations Organization (UNO)