History Optional : Ancient India Notes

"From Stone Age to the advent of Turks

History Optional : Paper 1, Part A

The story of making these notes starts from the first wave of the pandemic. When the UPSC postponed the prelims of 2020 to October, I had 3 extra months in my kitty and I thought - let's study History!! For three months straight, I studied this wonderful subject. A subject that I loved since I first started to know its name. 

During my college days, when I used to visit Delhi University and see someone doing graduation in history, I had a subtle mix feeling of envy and excitement. Then I used to think - one day, maybe I'll also get the chance to study this subject.

These notes are an all-comprehensive study of Ancient Indian History from more than 6 different authors. They are structured in the form of Part - A of History Optional Paper 1 syllabus of UPSC.

According to my experience, they can be used for preparing NET JRF in History as well. I managed to clear JRF with these notes only. I will soon be sharing the Medieval Indian History part here itself.

Lastly, I want to express my gratitude toward Mr. Vikram Grewal (IFS, 2019 Batch) whose notes were the first history notes I saw and got encouraged to make my own. Some of the parts of these notes are inspired by his notes and updated, enhanced, and extended by me. I hope someone will get inspired by mine and achieve success.

To the beautiful subject of History, that I love. All the very BEST!