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

• 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

BOOKS ON MEDIEVAL INDIA

• 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)