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What are the important chapters to cover from RS Sharma's Ancient History from the UPSC CSE?

What are the important chapters to cover from RS Sharma's Ancient History from the UPSC CSE?


Few topics which are quite important for CSE. Cover it from R S Sharma and new NCERT themes in Indian history.
  1. Indus Valley civilization ( very important). Cover the salient features of this civilization : it's art and culture, Economy, urban planning, society etc.
  2. Vedic civilization : Rig Vera and alter vehicle period. Cover the above salient features here as well.
  3. Buddhism and Jainism :causes behind their rise, salient features of both religion, significance of both religions. Complement R S Sharma with Wikipedia of buddhism and Jainism.
  4. Mauryan period: (very important): cover this from R S Sharma. Complement it with NCERT themes in Indian history and NCERT Class 11th Art and culture.
  5. Post-Mauryan period: cover the art, culture, Economy and society in the period of foreign invasions like shaka, kushana etc. Cover it from R S Sharma and complement it with NCERT Class 11th Art and culture. Here various schools of sculpture like Gandhara school, Mathura school are important.
  6. Gupta era: R S Sharma is not enough for this. Read from Themes in Indian history, NCERT Class 11th Introduction to Fine Arts. Key areas to be focused upon are: Art and culture during Gupta era (very important), Economy during Gupta era, Gupta coins, land grant system
  7. Post-Gupta era: Focus on few key areas like Harsha Vardhan and his rule, Huen Tsnag and his travel account, land grant system, Indian feudalism, decline of Economy after Gupta era, decentralisation of Polity after
  8. Regional rulers like Chola, Pallava, chalukya etc : cover this from Tamil nadu Class 11th book ( you can get it from Internet). R s Sharma does not cover this.

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