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History

Books for Preliminery
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, - KalikinkarDatta
  5. Ancient India - L.Mukherjee


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

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
VIII, IX, X,XI,XII History

GUIDE

  1. Indian History - Krishna Reddy
  2. Indian History - Agnihotri
  3. Competition Wizard Workbook.
  4. IGNOU Material

Referance Books Overall
ANCIENT INDIA

  1. NCERT (11th)
  2. The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
  3. The wonder that was India - A. L Bashaon
  4. Indus Civilization - (a) IGNOU booklet no. 2
  5. The rise of civilization of India and Pakistan - Bridget and Raymond Allchin
  6. Ancient India in historical outline (Revised and enlarged edition - 98) - D.N. Jha
  7. Mauryan : Ashoka and the decline of mouryan empire - Romila Thapar
  8. Indian Feudalism - R.S. Sharma

MEDIEVAL INDIA

  1. NCERT (11th)
  2. The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
  3. Social life and cultural life of both Delhi Sultanate and Mughal India - J.L. Mehta
  4. A history of South India - K. A. Nilakanta Shastri
  5. IGNOU material (specially on agriculture and agrarian relations and culture)

MODERN INDIA

  1. NCERT (12th)
  2. A new look into the modern Indian history - B.L Grover
  3. Freedom struggle - Bipin Chandra, Varun Dey and Amlesh Tripathy (NBT)
  4. India's struggle for independence - Bipin Chandra
  5. Modern India - Sumit Sarkar
  6. IGNOU material (specially on freedom struggle)
   



   

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