Indian history : for Civil Services Examination / by Krishna Reddy

Includes glossary and personalities.

SECTION A: ANCIENT INDIA: Chronology of events : ancient India -- Prehistoric cultures in India -- Indus civilization -- Vedic society -- Pre-Maurya period -- The Mauryan empire -- Post-Mauryan India (B.C.200-A.D.300) -- The Guptas and their successors (A.D.300-750) -- Society and culture -- SECTION B: MEDIEVAL INDIA -- Early Medieval India and cultural trends (750-1200) -- The Delhi Sultanate (1206-1526) -- Provincial dynasties and religious movements -- The Mughal Empire (1526-1707) -- Decline of the Mughal Empire (1707-1761) -- SECTION C: MODERN INDIA -- British expansion and administration -- Economic impact of the British Raj -- Cultural encounter and social changes -- Resistance to British rule -- Indian freedom struggle - the first phase -- Gandhi and his thought -- Separatist trends in Indian Nationalist politics -- Indian independence to 1964