Saturday, May 7, 2011

IAS History Books REFERENCE BOOKS FOR HISTORY PRELIMS



BOOKS ON ANCIENT INDIA :
1. Wonder that was India - A.L. Bhashem.
2. Ancient India Social and Culture - Luniya
3. Ancient India - an introductory outline - D.N.Jha.
4. An Advanced History of India - R.C. Majumda, H.C. Raychaudhurai, - Kalikinkar Datta
5. Ancient India - L.Mukherjee
BOOKS ON MEDIVAL INDIA
1. Advanced study in the History of Medival India - Volume I, II, III J.L. Mehta
2. Medival India - Volume I & II Satish Chandra
3. Wonder that was India - Rizzvi
4. Medival India - L. Mukherjee
BOOKS ON MODERN INDIA
1. Modern Indian History - Groover & Grooover.
2. A struggle for Independence - Bipin Chandra
3. Freedom Struggle - Bipinchandra
4. Modern India - L. Mukherjee
NCERT BOOKS
VIII, IX, X,XI,XII History
HISTORY BOOKS GUIDE
1. Indian History - Krishna Reddy
2. Indian History - Agnihotri
3. Competition Wizard Workbook.
4. IGNOU Material
5. Y.D.Mishra

REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL :

BOOKS ON ANCIENT INDIA BOOKS ON MEDIEVAL INDIA
  • NCERT (11th)
  • The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
  • The wonder that was India - A. L Bashaon
  • Indus Civilization - (a) IGNOU booklet no. 2
  • The rise of civilization of India and Pakistan - Bridget and Raymond Allchin
  • Ancient India in historical outline (Revised and enlarged edition - 98) - D.N. Jha
  • Mauryan : Ashoka and the decline of mouryan empire - Romila Thapar
  • Indian Feudalism - R.S. Sharma
  • NCERT (11th)
  • The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
  • Social life and cultural life of both Delhi Sultanate and Mughal India - J.L. Mehta
  • A history of South India - K. A. Nilakanta Shastri
  • IGNOU material (specially on agriculture and agrarian relations and culture)
BOOKS ON MODERN INDIA
  • NCERT (12th)
  • A new look into the modern Indian history - B.L Grover
  • Freedom struggle - Bipin Chandra, Varun Dey and Amlesh Tripathy (NBT)
  • India's struggle for independence - Bipin Chandra
  • Modern India - Sumit Sarkar
  • IGNOU material (specially on freedom struggle)



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