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Ancient India
Section 1 → Ice Age + Indus Valley Civilization + Vedic Period
▪ Paleolithic age, Mesolithic Age, Neolithic Age, Chalcolithic Age
▪ Indus Valley Civilization
▪ Early Vedic Period (1500 – 1000 BC)
▪ Later Vedic Period (1000 – 600 BC)
▪ Indus Valley Civilization
▪ Early Vedic Period (1500 – 1000 BC)
▪ Later Vedic Period (1000 – 600 BC)
Section 2 → Jainism + Buddhism + Vedic Period + Rise of Magadha
▪ Jainism & Buddhism – Cause of Origin
▪ Jainism
▪ Buddhism
▪ Mahajanapadas & Rise of Magadha
Section 3 → Persian & Greek Invasion + Mauryan Empire + Post Mauryan India + Foreign Invasion on India
▪ Iranian (Persian) & Macedonian (Greek) Invasion
▪ Mauryan Empire (321 – 184 BC)
▪ Post Mauryan India: Sungas Dynasty, Satavahanas
▪ Foreign invasion of NW India: Shakas, Parthians, Kushanas
Section 4 → Sangam Age + Gupta Empire + Harshavardhana + Chalukya & Pallavas
▪ Sangam Age: 300 – 600 AD
▪ Cheras, Cholas & Pandyas
▪ Gupta Empire (400 – 600 AD)
▪ Harshavardhana (606 – 647 AD)
▪ Chalukya of Badami, Pallavas, Pandyas
Medieval Indian
▪ Delhi Sultanate: Slave Dynasty (1206 – 1290)
▪ Delhi Sultanate: Khilji Dynasty (1290 – 1320)
▪ Delhi Sultanate: Tughlaq Dynasty, Sayyids Dynasty,
Lodi Dynasty
▪ Delhi Sultanate administration, art & Culture
▪ Sufism and Bhakti Movement
▪ Vijayanagar Empire (1336-1672)
▪ Mughal Empire
▪ Maratha
▪ Advent of the Europeans in India
Modern India
Section 1 → Warren Hastings, Cornwallis, Wellesley, William Bentinck, Dalhousie, Revolt of 1857, Lord Lytton, Lord Rippon, Lord Curzon & Partition of Bengal
▪ Battle of Plassey, Battle of Buxar, Warren Hastings, Regulating Act, Pitts Act
▪ Lord Cornwallis, Richard Colley Wellesley, Subsidiary Alliance
▪ Lord Hastings & William Bentinck
▪ Lord Dalhousie 1848-1856
▪ Revolt of 1857
▪ Government of India Act, Indian Councils Act, Lord Lytton
▪ Lord Rippon, Lord Lansdowne, Lord Curzon & Partition of Bengal
Section 2 → Indian National Movements, Moderate Nationalism, Swadeshi Movement, Extremism, Home Rule Leauge & Emergence of Gandhi
▪ Indian National Movements (1885 – 1905) & Moderate Nationalism
▪ Indian National Movements (1905 – 1916) – Swadeshi Movement, Rise of Extremism & MintoMorley Reforms
▪ Indian National Movements (1905 – 1916) – First World War, Home Rule League & MontagueChelmsford Reforms
▪ Emergence of Gandhi in Africa
▪ Emergence of Gandhi in India – Champaran, Kheda, Non Cooperation Movement
Section 3 → Swarajists, Revolutionary Terrorism, Simon Commission, Civil Disobedience Movement, & Govenment of India Act, 1935
▪ Swarajists and No Changers
▪ Revolutionary Terrorism During 1920s
▪ Anti Simon Commission Upsurge, Nehru Report & Demand for Purna Swaraj
▪ Civil Disobedience movement & Round Table Conferences
▪ Communal Award, Poona Pact & Government of India Act of 1935
Section 4 → Cripps Mission, Quit India Movement, Indian National Army, Rajgopalachari Formula, Cabinet Mission, India Independence Act
▪ Second World War, August offer, Individual Satyagrahas & Cripps Mission
▪ Quit India Movement and Indian National Army
▪ Rajgopalachari Formula, Desai-Liaqat Pact & Wavell Plan
▪ Cabinet Mission, Plan Balkan, Mountbatten Plan & Indian Independence Act of 1947
India After Independence
Section 1 → Post Independence Consolidation & Restructuring of India
▪ India After Independence
▪ Integration of Princely States
▪ Tribal Integration in India
▪ Issue of Official Language of India
▪ Linguistic Reorganization of States
▪ Rise of Democracy in India
Section 2 → Economic & Diplomatic Development of India
▪ Economic Development of India
▪ Emergence of Planning System
▪ Green Revolution in India
▪ Operation Flood and Cooperatives
▪ India’s Bilateral Relations
▪ India’s Nuclear Policy
▪ Contemporary Political Developments
Section 3 → Emergency, Riots & Movements Post Independence
▪ Emergency of 1975
▪ Communal Riots India
▪ Regionalism Issues in India
▪ Regionalism Issues – North East
▪ Popular Movements Post Independence
** More Notes come very soon.