Here we are giving crisp and brief notes on Ancient History of India that will help you in UPSC preparation. These notes are prepared by our experts and will clear your concept better than the NCERT books. We will start from the sources of Ancient Indian History and will end up with discussing important dynasties and rulers of India (322 B.C. – 1206 A.D).
History of Ancient India – Earliest Time to 1206 A.D.
- Sources of Ancient Indian History
- Pre-Historic Age
- The Indus Valley Civilization
- The Early Vedic Age or Rigvedic Age
- The Later Vedic Age or the Epic Age
- Jainism and Buddhism
- Political Conditions to Northern India (During 60 Century B.C.)
- Persian Invasions
- Alexander’s Invasions on India
- Mauryan Empire (322 B.C. – 185 B.C.)
- Shunga Dynasty
- Satvahana Dynasty
- Post-Mauryan Period (Endo-Greeks, Shakas and Kushanas)
- Sources of the Gupta Period
- The Origin of Gupta’s
- Gupta Kings
- Harsha Dynasty
- Southern Dynasties
- The Sangam Age
- Greater India
- Rajput States of Northern India [650 A.D. – 1200 A.D.]
- Rise of Islam and The Arab Conquest of Sindh
- Invasion of Turks [1000 A.D. – 1206 A.D.]
- Mahmud Ghaznavi [998-1030 A.D.]
- Muhammad Ghori [1173-1206 A.D.]
- Important Dates and Events
- Important Dynasties and Rules of India [322 B.C. – 1206 A.D.]
- Bibliography
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