BOOK LIST & SYLLABUS OF HISTORY (OPTIONAL) | UPSC MAINS

ANCIENT INDIA

S. NO.

TITLE

AUTHOR

1.

History of Ancient and Early Medieval India

Upinder Singh

2.

The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 

Romila Thapar

3.

Ancient Indian Social History-Some Interpretations

Romila Thapar

4.

A Cultural History of India

A. L. Basham

MEDIEVAL INDIA

S. NO.

TITLE

AUTHOR

1.

History of Medieval India (volume 1 and Volume 2)

Satish Chandra

2.

The Mughal Empire

John F Richards

3.

Advanced Study in the History of Medieval India (Vol. 1,2 & 3)

J.L. Mehta

MODERN INDIA

S. NO.

TITLE

AUTHOR

1.

From Plassey To Partition and After 

Sekhar Bandyopadhyay

2.

A New Look at Modern Indian History

B.L. Grover

3.

Freedom Struggle

Bipan Chandra

4.

India Since Independence

Bipan Chandra

WORLD HISTORY

S. NO.

TITLE

AUTHOR

1.

A Study of Modern Europe and the World (volume 1, 2 & 3)

L. Mukherjee

2.

Mastering Modern World History

Norman Lowe