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Dense, exam-focused notes on Ancient India — Stone Age to c. 1000 CE: Indus Valley, Vedic Age, Jainism & Buddhism, Mauryas, Guptas, the Sangam Age and early regional kingdoms — with quick-revision boxes, one-liners and practice pointers for SSC CGL/CHSL/MTS and RRB NTPC/Group D General Awareness.
Chapters
10. SOURCES OF ANCIENT INDIAN HISTORY21. PREHISTORIC INDIA (STONE AGE)32. INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION (HARAPPAN CIVILIZATION)43. VEDIC AGE54. MAHAJANAPADAS (c. 600 BCE – 400 BCE)65. RISE OF JAINISM AND BUDDHISM (6th century BCE)76. PERSIAN AND GREEK INVASIONS87. THE MAURYAN EMPIRE (c. 321 BCE – 185 BCE)98. POST-MAURYAN PERIOD (c. 200 BCE – 300 CE)109. SANGAM AGE (SOUTH INDIA) — c. 300 BCE – 300 CE1110. THE GUPTA EMPIRE — "GOLDEN AGE OF INDIA" (c. 319 CE – 550 CE)1211. POST-GUPTA PERIOD — HARSHAVARDHANA & THE PUSHYABHUTIS (c. 550 CE – 647 CE)1312. EARLY REGIONAL KINGDOMS (SOUTH & DECCAN INDIA, c. 300 CE – 1000 CE)1413. GLOSSARY OF IMPORTANT ADMINISTRATIVE & CULTURAL TERMS1514. IMPORTANT BOOKS AND AUTHORS (CONSOLIDATED TABLE)16IMPORTANT ONE-LINERS FOR QUICK REVISION1715. MASTER CHRONOLOGY TABLE (QUICK OVERVIEW)18PRACTICE MCQ POINTERS