Contents PRE-INDUS AND INDUS PERIOD Prehistoric Cultures in India 9 Palaeolithic Age 9 Mesolithic Age 11 Neolithic Age 12 Indus Valley Civilsation 14 Important Sites 15 Harappa 15 Mohenjodaro 15 Lothal 16 Kalibangan 16 Chanhudaro 17 Suktagendor 17 KotDiji 17 Dholavira 19 Sources for Reconstruction 20 Town Planning 20 Pottery 21 Religion 22 Domestication of Animals 22 Science and Technology 22 Indus script 23 VEDIC AGE 1500-600 BC Origin of the Vedic Period 26 Political Institutions in Ancient India 28 Role of Sabha and Samiti 30 Vidatha : Earliest Assembly - a 32 kin based community Gana 33
Parisad 34 TaittriyaSamhinta 35 Tvasta : First distributors 36 Vedic Literature 38 Rig Veda 39 SamA Veda 40 Yajur Veda 40 Atharva Veda 40 Comparison of Social Life 46 Comparison of Economic Life 47 Vedic Religion 49 Geographical Extent and Expansion 52 Second Phase 600-300 BC 54 AGE OF MAHAJANAPADAS/DHARMASHASTRAS Causes for the rise of Magadha 56 Macedonian Invasion 58 Upanishads 59 Chandogya Upanishad 60 Vedangas 61 Orthodox Philosophy 62 MAURYAS AGE Chandragupta Maurya (324 300 BC) 65 Bindusara 65 Asoka The GREAT 67 Asoka and Buddhism 68 Mauryan Administration 68 Saptang Theory 70 Central Bureaucracy or Civil Services 71 Provincial Administration 72 Asokan Inscriptions 74 Rock Edicts 74 Minor Rock and Pillar Edicts 76 General Edicts 77 POST MAURYAS Sungas 79 Kanvas 80 Indo-Greeks 80 Real Indo-Greeks 80 Parthians 80 Kushana 82 Vakatakas: Main Branch 83 SANGAM AGE 85 Sangam Literature 85 Political History of Sangam Age 85 Cholas 86 Pandyas 86 BUDDHISM, JAINISM, VAISHNAVAISM, SAIVISM Gautama Buddha- 563-483 BC 89 Buddhist Literature 90 Biographies of Buddha 90 Buddhagosha's commentaries 90 Buddhist Sects 91
Philosophers and Language 92 Lesser Vehicle :Hinayana 94 Mahayana : Great Vehicle 95 VardhamanaMahavira 97 Saivism 99 Vaisnavism 101 Charvakas 103 Astika system 104 Akriya 104 Ucchedavada 104 Asasvatavada 104 Viksepavada 104 GUPTAS: THE GOLDEN AGE Chronology 106 Chandragupta I 106 Samundragupta 106 Major wars 106 Ramagupta: 380-380 AD 108 Chandragupta II: 380-413 AD 108 Kumaragupta I: 415-454 AD 108 Skandagupta: 454-467 AD 109 POST GUPTAS AND HARSHA Pusyabhuti family 111 Harshavardhan 111 Harsha s Administration 112 Mihirkula 112 Grahavarman 112 Gauda 112 Dharmapala 113 Chandras 113 Senas 113 Laksmanasena 114 Candellas of Jejakabhukti 115 Chalukyas of Gujarat 115 Chalukyas of Kalyana 116 Cholas 117 Pandyas of Madurai 123 Chalukayas of Badami 123 SOCIETY AND ECONOMY Panchamahayagya 128 Marriage 128 Age of Marriage 129 Types of Marriage 129 Polygamy 130 Varna System 130 Types of Brahmans 131 Kshatriyas 132 Vaisyas 132 Sudras 132 Asrama 133 Position of Woman 134 History of Indian Currency 135
Pre-Guptan and Guptan Coins 135 Weight and Measures 137 Eras 137 Aurangs: Specialized Caste 143 Indian Imports 143 DELHI SULTANATE Coming of the Turks 143 Nature of the Turkish Invasion 143 Mahmud of Ghazni 146 Mohammad Ghori 150 Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526) 150 Iltutmish 150 Razia Sultan 151 GhiyasuddinBalban 151 JallaluddinKhalji 152 AllaudinKhalji 152 Mubarak Khalji 153 Khusro Shah 153 Mohammad Bin Tughlaq 153 Feroz Shah Tughlaq 157 Later Tughlaqs 159 SayyidDynaty 159 Mubarak Shah 159 AllaudinAlam Shah 159 Ibrahim Lodhi 160 Administration of Delhi Sultanate 160 15TH CENTURY STATES Bengal 170 Orissa 171 Malwa 171 MahmoodKhilji (1436-1469) 171 Md. Shah (1469-1500) 171 BazBahadur 171 Ali Shah (1413-1420) 173 Hazi Khan (1470-72) 174 Bahadur Khan 174 VIJAYANAGAR BAHMANI Sangama Dynasty (1336-1485) 175 Saluva Dynasty (1485-1505) 176 Tuvalus (1505-1570) 176 Aravidus (1570-1649) 177 Ayagar System 178 NizamShahi (Ahmadnagar) 181 Successors of Bahmani Empire 181 Chand Bibi (1600) 182 MaluAdil Khan (1534-1535) 182 Ali Adil Shah I (1557-1580) 182 Md. Adil Shah (1627-1656) 183 Ali Adil Shah II (1656-1672) 183 Md. QuliQutub Shah (1580-1612) 184 Abdulla Qulab Shah 185 AFGHAN DYNASTY
IInd Afghan Dynasty 186 Firoze Shah: (1554) 190 Md. Adil Shah: (1554-1556) 190 MOVEMENTS BHAKTI AND SUFI Shankaracharya 190 Ramanujacharya: Visistadvaita 190 Madhavacharya 190 Vallabhacharya: Suddhadvaita 191 Guru Namadeva: (1270-1350) 191 Tukarama: (1598-1650) 191 SmaratRamadasa: (1608-1682) 192 Ramananda: (1300-1411) 192 Kabir - (1440-1518) 192 GoswamiTulsidas: (1532-1623) 192 Surdas- (1483-1563) 192 Mira Bai : (1503-1573) 192 DaduDayal: (1544-1603) 193 Daranidasa : 1656 193 Sufi Movement 193 Naqashbandi 195 Rudali 196 Rausaniya 196 Relevant questions 197 MUGHAL EMIPIRE Zahirud din Muhammad Md. Babur (1483-1530) 230 NasirUd Din Mohammad Humayun (1530 1556) 232 Struggle (1530-1540) 233 AKBAR (1556 1605) 235 Akbar s Conquests 235 Jahangir (1605-1628) 237 Noorjahan (1611-1645) 239 Shah Jahan 240 Aurangzeb (1658-1707) 246 Decline of the Mughal 248 Later Mughals: (1707-1862) 250 Mughal Paintings 252 18TH CENTURY INDEPENDENT STATES Sikhs 255 Guru Nanak: (1469-1538) 255 Guru Angad: (1538-1552) 255 Guru Amardas: (1552-1574) 255 Guru Ramdas: (1574-1581) 256 Guru Arjun: (1581-1606) 256 Guru Hargovind: (1606-1644) 257 Guru TegBahadur: (1664-1675) 258 Banda Bahadur: (1708-1715) 258 Ranjit Singh: (1780-1839) 259 Jats 264 Bundela 264
Bir Singh, Jujhar Singh 264 Mysore 264 First Anglo-Mysore War (1767-69) 265 Second Anglo-Mysore war (1780-84) 265 Third Anglo-Mysore War 266 Awadh 266 Safdarjang (1739-1754): 267 Bengal 268 European Traders and Murshid Quli Khan: 268 Siraj-ud-Daullah (1756-57) 269 Black Hole 270 Mir Jafar (1757-60) 271 Battle of Buxar: (1764) 272 Dual Administration 273 The Southern States 275 Carnatic 278 First Carnatic war: (1746-48) 279 Second Carnatic War: 280 Third Carnatic War: (1758-1763) 281 Hyderabad 282 Rohillas 283 Ahmad Shah Abdali 284 Invasions of Ahmad Shah Abdali 284 RISE AND FALL OF MARATHAS Malik Ambar 286 Shahji 286 Rajaram (1689-1700) 287 PeshwaBalajiVishvanath 291 Result of Dhaboi 291 First Anglo-Maratha War 293 Second Anglo-Maratha War 293 Third Anglo-Maratha War 293 EVOLUTION OF PRINCELY STATES EIC s Struggle for Equality(1740-65) 295 The Policy of Ring Fence (1765-1813) 295 Policy of Subordinate Isolation 296 The Policy of Subordinate Union 297 The Policy of Equal Federation 298 AISPC 299 Policy of Federation 301 Integration and Merger of States 303 Role of Patel in India s Integration 306 HISTORY THROUGH GOVERNOR-GENERAL Warren Hastings (October, 1774 -February, 1785) 311 REVOLT OF 1857 Military or religious grievances 322 Secretaries of State for India 324 SOCIO-RELIGIOUS MOVEMENT IN INDIA BrahmoSamaj 328 Minor Sects and Reformer 329
PRESS UNDER BRITISH RULE 335 INDIAN ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE BRITISH Education 341 Judiciary 343 Civil Services 344 Military Administration 345 Social Legislation 346 Land Revenue Systems 347 Factories Acts 349 Industrial Disputes 350 Co-operative Society 351 INDIAN NATIONAL MOVEMENT Early Political Organization 352 Indian National Congress 354 Moderates 354 Extremists 356 Revolutionary Terrorism 360 Revolutionary Terrorism In India 363 Swadeshi Movement 371 Mahatama Gandhi 376 Home Rule League 378 Rowlatt Act 379 Khilafatand Non-Cooperation Movement 380 Swarajists 385 Simon Commission 387 Civil Disobedience Movement 388 Round Table Conferences 389 Quit India Movement 1942 393 Indian National Army 397 INA Trials 399 Royal Indian Navy Mutiny1946 399 Indian Left Movement 400 Congress Socialist Party (CSP) 403 All India Kisan Movement 404 Constitutional History 406 Regulating Act 1773 406 The Act of 1781 407 Pitt s India Act, 1784 407 Government of India Act 1858 410 Indian Council Act 1861 411 Indian Council Act 1892 411 Indian Council Act 1909 412 Government of India Act 1919 412 Government of India Act 1935 414 August Offer: 1940 417 Cripps Mission 418 Rajagopalachari Formula: 1944 418 Wavell Plan 419 Shimla Conference 1945 419 Cabinet Mission Plan 420
Mounbatten Plan 421 Rise and Growth of Communalism 423 Mughal Architecture 439 Delhi Sultanate Architecture 441 Persian Literature 443 Tribal Movements 448 Peasant Movements In India 449 Magazine/Paper List 454 Modern Architecture 457 Coming of The Europeans 458 Art and Architecture of India 463 Traveller s Account 472 Relevant Questions 479