Book List
History

First Order and Most Essential Books
ANCIENT INDIA

  1. Ancient India  - NCERT by R.S.Sharma
  2. The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & K. Datta
  3. The wonder that was India     – Vol.I A. L Basham
  4. Ancient India - An Introductory Outline -    D.N. Jha  
  5. Ancient India - V.D.Mahajan
  6. Mauryan: Asoka and the decline of Mauryan Empire - Romila Thapar
  7. IGNOU Materials
  8. SYNERGY IAS’S Hand book on History by O.P.Siddharth
  9. SYNERGY IAS’S Class Notes

MEDIEVAL INDIA

  1. Medieval India .NCERT by Satish Chandra
  2. Advanced study in the History of Medieval India - Volume I. J.L.
    Mehta
  3. Medieval India - Volume - II Satish Chandra
  4. Medieval India –V.D.Mahajan
  5. IGNOU Materials
  6. SYNERGY IAS’S Hand book on History by O.P.Siddharth

MODERN INDIA
1.  Modern India – NCERT by Bipin Chadra

  1. Modern Indian History - Grover & Grover.
  2. India’s struggle for Independence - Bipin Chandra
  3. Modern India  - Sumit Sarkar
  4. Modern India –V.D.Mahajan
  5. The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri &K.Datta
  6. India after Independence. Bipin Chandra
  7. IGNOU material (especially on freedom struggle)
  8. SYNERGY IAS’S Hand book on History  by O.P.Siddharth
  9. SYNERGY IAS’S Question Bank on Modern India by O.P.Siddharth

Second Order Books

ANCIENT INDIA

  1. The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
  2. History of India, Vol. I  -  Romila Thapar
  3. A History of South India -   K.A. Nilakanda Sastri
  4. Archaeological perspective  -Alchin

Medieval India

  1.  Advanced study in the History of Medieval India - Volume  II, III J.L. Mehta
  2. Medieval India - Volume I- Satish Chandra
  3. Wonder that was India – Vol –II by S.A. Rizvi
  4. The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
  5. Gazetteer of India
Modern India
  1. The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta
  2. SYNERGY IAS’s Modern India by O.P.Siddharth
  3. IGNOU –Materials
  4. Gazetteer of India

Third Order and  Final Reference Books for All Topics
1. SYNERGY IAS’s Hand book on History - O.P.Siddharth
2. Agnihotri guide
3. IGNOU Materials
4. Wonder that was India - Rizvi
5. Wizard work book
6. UPSC- Previous Years Questions
7. NCERT books- All books from Std VI to XII
8. The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 -   Irfan Habib 
9.  The Wonder That was India (Vol.2)    S.A.A. Rizvi
10. Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India
    R.S. Sharma (only Conclusion)
11. Alberuni’s India - English version by Sachu
12. Indian Feudalism    R.S. Sharma
13. History Question Bank by O.P.Siddharth

WORLD HISTORY (MAIN EXAMINATION)

1. The story of Civilization, Vol. 2 (NCERT)     Arjun Dev
2.Contemporary World History     (NCERT)         Arjun Dev & others
3. Europe since Napoleon                          David Thompson
4. IGNOU   World History
5. World History K.L.Mukherjee   (Two Books)
6. Modern World History by                        Norman Lowe
7. SYNERGYIAS’S Hand Book on World History    O.P.Siddharth