RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR UGC HISTORY

BOOKS ON ANCIENT INDIA

1. Wonder that was India - A.L. Bhasham.
2. Ancient India Social and Culture - Luniya
3. Ancient India - an introductory outline - D.N.Jha.
4. An Advanced History of India - R.C. Majumdar, H.C. Raychaudhurai, - Kalikinkar Datta.
5. Ancient India - L.Mukherjee

BOOKS ON MEDIVAL INDIA

1. Advanced study in the History of Medival India - Volume I, II, III J.L. Mehta
2. Medival India - Volume I & II Satish Chandra
3. Wonder that was India - Rizzvi
4. Medival India - L. Mukherjee

BOOKS ON MODERN INDIA

1. Modern Indian History - Grover and Mehta
2. A struggle for Independence - Bipin Chandra
3. Freedom Struggle - Bipin Chandra
4. Modern India - L. Mukherjee
NCERT BOOKS
VIII, IX, X,XI,XII History

HISTORY BOOKS GUIDE

1. Indian History - Krishna Reddy
2. Indian History - Agnihotri
3. Competition Wizard Workbook.
4. IGNOU Material
5. Y.D.Mishra

REFERENCE BOOKS OVERALL

BOOKS ON ANCIENT INDIA

1-NCERT (11th)

2-The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta

3-The wonder that was India - A. L Basham

4-Indus Civilization - (a) IGNOU booklet no. 2

5-The rise of civilization of India and Pakistan - Bridget and Raymond Allchin

6-Ancient India in historical outline (Revised and enlarged edition - 98) - D.N. Jha

7-Mauryan : Ashoka and the decline of mouryan empire - Romila Thapar

8-Indian Feudalism - R.S. Sharma

BOOKS ON MEDIEVAL INDIA

1-NCERT (11th)

2-The Advanced History of India - Majumdar, Raychaudhuri & Datta

3-Social life and cultural life of both Delhi Sultanate and Mughal India - J.L. Mehta

4-A history of South India - K. A. Nilakanta Shastri

5-IGNOU material (specially on agriculture and agrarian relations and culture)

BOOKS ON MODERN INDIA

1-NCERT (12th)

2-A new look into the modern Indian history - B.L Grover

3-Freedom struggle - Bipin Chandra, Varun Dey and Amlesh Tripathy (NBT)

4-India's struggle for independence - Bipin Chandra

5-Modern India - Sumit Sarkar

6-IGNOU material (specially on freedom struggle)