Product Description
▼📘 DRISHTI IAS Ancient Indian History – History Optional Course | English Medium
- ✅ 12 chapters covering Ancient Indian History
- ✅ Archaeological, literary and foreign sources
- ✅ Prehistory, Harappan civilization and Vedic Age
- ✅ Mahajanapadas, Mauryas, Guptas and regional states
- ✅ Ancient Indian culture, philosophy, science and mathematics
📖 About This Book
Drishti Publications' Ancient Indian History is an English-medium study resource for aspirants preparing for the UPSC Civil Services Mains – History Optional. It covers archaeological, literary and foreign sources; prehistory, harappan civilization and vedic age; mahajanapadas, mauryas, guptas and regional states, in a systematic format suited to subject study and revision.
🎯 Why Study This Book?
The content is organized for History Optional preparation with clearly grouped historical themes and topics. It supports systematic coverage and revision of the subjects shown in the provided book preview.
🗂️ Table of Contents
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Sources
- Archaeological Sources
- Literary Sources
- Foreign Accounts
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Pre-History and Proto-History
- Palaeolithic Age
- Mesolithic Age
- Neolithic Age
- Chalcolithic Culture
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Indus Valley Civilization
- Origin and Dating
- Characteristics
- Decline
- Survival and Significance
- Art and Architecture
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Megalithic Culture
- Society and Settlements
- Agriculture
- Pastoralism
- Technology
- Trade
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Aryans and Vedic Period
- Vedic Literature
- Early Vedic Period
- Later Vedic Period
- Significance of Vedic Age
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Period of Mahajanapadas
- Republics and Monarchies
- Urbanization
- Jainism and Buddhism
- Rise of Magadha and Nandas
- Iranian and Macedonian Invasions
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Mauryan Empire
- Origin of Mauryas
- Ashoka's Dhamma
- Edicts
- Administration
- Economy
- Art and Architecture
- Disintegration
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Post-Mauryan Period
- Sunga Dynasty
- Kanvas
- Contacts
- Economy
- Cultural Developments
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Early State and Society in Eastern India, Deccan and South India
- Kharavela
- Satavahanas
- Sangam Age
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Guptas, Vakatakas and Vardhanas
- Gupta Age
- Vakatakas
- Ikshvakus
- Vardhanas
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Regional States during Gupta Era
- Kadambas
- Pallavas
- Chalukyas
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Themes in Early Indian Cultural History
- Indian Philosophical System
- Science and Mathematics
Suitable For: UPSC CSE Mains History Optional and other civil services aspirants studying the relevant history topics.
Included: 1 individual book – Ancient Indian History.
DRISHTI IAS Ancient Indian History – History Optional Course Class Note, English Medium
