History Books for UPSC IAS exam

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We’ve gathered a list of Indian history IAS books. These are great reference books for administering the IAS trial’s History component. Indian history books might be useful as an optional topic and a paper for the Mains test’s General Studies section. In Prelims tests, it can also be applied to conceptual clarity. Our historical references can also assist us in preparation for the UPSC’s other service tests. The following is a list of history books:

Ancient India history books for UPSC

  1. Ancient India (NCERT) Prof. R.S. Sharma Buy Now
  2. The Wonder That was India A.L. Basham Buy Now
  3. Ancient India – An Introductory Outline D.N. Jha Buy Now
  4. History of India, Vol. I Romila Thapar Buy Now
  5. Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India R.S. Sharma (only Conclusion) Buy Now
  6. Material culture & Social Formation in Ancient India R.S. Sharma Buy Now
  7. Indian Feudalism- R.S. Sharma Buy Now
  8. Ashoka & Decline of the Maurya Romila Thapar Buy Now
  9. A History of South India K.A. Nilkantha Sastri Buy Now
  10. Ancient India and Indian Archaeology Archaeological Survey of India Buy Now
  11. Ancient India Social and Culture – Luniya
  12. An Advanced History of India – R.C. Majumda, H.C. Raychaudhurai, – Kalikinkar Datta
  13. Ancient India – L.Mukherjee Buy Now
  14. The rise of civilization of India and Pakistan – Bridget and Raymond Allchin Buy Now
  15. Mauryan : Ashoka and the decline of mouryan empire – Romila Thapar Buy Now
  16. Facets of Indian Culture – Spectrum Buy Now
  17. NCERT (11th)
  18. Indus Civilization – (a) IGNOU booklet no. 2

Medieval India history books for UPSC

  1. Medieval India (NCERT) Satish Chandra Buy Now
  2. Medieval India (Macmillan) Satish Chandra Buy Now
  3. The Wonder That was India (Vol.2) S.A.A. Rizvi Buy Now
  4. The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 Irfan Habib Buy Now
  5. The Mughal Empire J.F. Richards Buy Now
  6. Urban Dynamics H.C. Verma Buy Now
  7. The Marathas – Gordon Buy Now
  8. Advanced study in the History of Medival India – Volume I J.L. Mehta Buy Now
  9. Advanced study in the History of Medival India – Volume II J.L. Mehta Buy Now
  10. Advanced study in the History of Medival India – Volume III J.L. Mehta Buy Now
  11. Medival India – Volume I Satish Chandra Buy Now
  12. Medival India – Volume II Satish Chandra Buy Now
  13. History Of Medieval India – Satish ChandraBuy Now
  14. Medival India – L. Mukherjee
  15. The Advanced History of India – Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
  16. Social life and cultural life of both Delhi Sultanate and Mughal India – J.L. Mehta
  17. A history of South India – K. A. Nilakanta Shastri Buy Now
  18. IGNOU material (especially on agriculture and agrarian relations and culture)
  19. NCERT (11th)

Modern India history books for UPSC

  1. Modern India (NCERT) Bipan Chandra Buy Now
  2. Modern India (Macmillan) Sumit Sarkar Buy Now
  3. Anatomy of the Raj (PPH) Suhash Chakravarty Buy Now
  4. India’s Struggle For Independence – Bipan Chandra Buy Now
  5. The Raj Syndrome (Penguins) Suhash Chakravarty
  6. VAID’s Fundamentals of History Series
    1. Administrative History Pravin Kumar
    2. Constitutional History Pravin Kumar
    3. Social History Pravin Kumar
    4. Freedom Struggle Pravin Kumar
  7. Peasant Movements in India D.N. Dhanagare Buy Now
  8. India’s Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra and others
  9. Gandhi -B.R. Nanda Buy Now
  10. Gandhi -Judith Brown Buy Now
  11. Freedom Struggle (NBT) – Bipan Chandra & others Buy Now
  12. Modern Indian History – Groover & Grooover.
  13. A struggle for Independence – Bipin Chandra Buy Now
  14. Freedom Struggle – Bipinchandra Buy Now
  15. Modern India – L. Mukherjee
  16. A new look into the modern Indian history – B.L Grover Buy Now
  17. Freedom struggle – Bipin Chandra, Varun Dey and Amlesh Tripathy (NBT)
  18. India’s struggle for independence – Bipin Chandra Buy Now
  19. Modern India – Sumit Sarkar Buy Now
  20. IGNOU material (esspecially on freedom struggle)

World History books for UPSC

  1. The story of Civilization, Vol. 2 (NCERT) Arjun Dev
  2. Contemporary World History (NCERT) Arjun Dev & others
  3. The Mainstream of Civilization Strayer, Gatzke & Harbison Buy Now
  4. Western Civilizations Burns & others Buy Now
  5. Industry & Empire E.J. Hobsbawm Buy Now
  6. Age of Revolution E.J. Hobsbawm Buy Now
  7. Age of Capital E.J. Hobsbawm Buy Now
  8. Age of Empires E.J. Hobsbawm Buy Now
  9. Social basis of Democracy & Dictatorship B.J. Moore
  10. Europe Since Napoleon David Thompson Buy Now
  11. Europe Since 1815 W.C. Craig
  12. Europe Since 1870 James Joll. Buy Now

History Book for IAS for concepts and knowledge:

  1. What is History E.H. Carr Buy Now
  2. Historian’s Craft Marc Block Buy Now
  3. The Past and the present Indian Historyrence Stone
  4. The Past as Present: Forging Contemporary Identities Through History by Romila Thapar Buy Now

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