Topic: History(For IAS-Exam)

1. Indus Valley Civilisation: Archeology of India - D.P. Aggarwal.
2. Vedic Age: Political and Social Institutions of Ancient India - R. S.Sharma.
3. Religion and Culture: Wonder that was India - A.L. Basam.
4. Pre Maurya: Material, Culture and Social formation in Ancient India -R.S. Sharma.
5. Mauryas: Ashoka and Decline of the Maurya - Romila Thapar.
6. Guptas: S.R Goyal.
7. South Indian history: K Nilkantha Sastri or M.A. History of Annamalai University--correspondence notes.
8.  Guptas and Harsha: Harsha, a Political Study - Devahuti
9. IGNOU Booklets on Ancient India

1.  For Delhi Sultanate: (.Comprehensive History of the Sultanate - K.A.Nizami 
2. Mughals: Foundation of Muslim Rule in India - A. B. M. Habibulah
3. Art, Culture and Religion: Wonder that was India, Vol II - S. A. A. Rizvi.
4. Social life and Cultural life of both Delhi Sultanate and Mughal India:An Advanced Study of Medieval India. Vol III - J.L. Mehta
5. Sources of History: Gazetteer of India, Vol. II and Rau's Study Material.
6. Shivaji: Gazetteer of India- Vol II. + Medieval India - Satish Chandra
7.  Feudal period: Feudalism in India - R.S. Sharma.
8. Some aspects of Medieval History - U. N. Dey
9. IGNOU Booklets on Medieval India

1. A New look into the Modern Indian History - Grover and Grover.
2. Economic History of British India: Gazetteer of India, Vol. II. + Economic History of India - Sardesai
3.  Freedom Struggle - Bipan Chandra and others.
4.  Tribal Movement, Peasant Movement, Swadeshi Movement: Modern India: 1885-1947 - Sumit Sarkar
5. . IGNOU Booklets on Modren India

1. European History - L. Mukherjee
2. Europe since Napolean - David Thompson.
3. World Civilisation - Vol. II, and starting part of Vol. Ill of Burns and Burns