History Optional Booklist for UPSC

Ancient Indian History

• A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India: from the Stone Age to the 12th Century by Upinder Singh
• Ancient India (NCERT) – Prof. R.S. Sharma

Medieval Indian History

• Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals-Delhi Sultanat (1206-1526) – 1 by Satish Chandra
• Medieval India: From Sultanat to the Mughals- Mughal Empire (1526-1748) – 2 by Satish Chandra
• Medieval India : The Study Of A Civlization by Irfan Habib
• Ashoka & Decline of the Maurya – Romila Thapar

Modern Indian History

• From Plassey to Partition and After A History of Modern India by Sekhar Bandyopadhyay
• India’s Struggle for Independence by Bipan Chandra
• India since Independence by Bipan Chandra

World History

• A History of the Modern World: An Outline by Ranjan Chakrabarti / History of the World – Arjun Dev
• Mastering Modern World History (Palgrave Master Series) by Norman Lowe

Map for History Optional

• Ensemble- History Through Maps