History Books For IAS UPSC Civil Services Exam(CSE)

Ancient India

• Ancient India (NCERT) Prof. R.S. Sharma
• The Wonder That was India A.L. Basham
• Ancient India - An Introductory Outline D.N. Jha
• History of India, Vol. I Romila Thapar
• Aspects of Political Ideas and Institutions in Ancient India R.S. Sharma (only Conclusion)
• Material culture & Social Formation in Ancient India R.S. Sharma
• Indian Feudalism R.S. Sharma
• Ashoka & Decline of the Maurya Romila Thapar
• A History of South India K.A. Nilkantha Sastri
• Ancient India and Indian Archaeology Archaeological Survey of India

Medieval India

• Medieval India (NCERT) Satish Chandra
• Medieval India (Macmillan) Satish Chandra
• The Wonder That was India (Vol.2) S.A.A. Rizvi
• The Agrarian System of Mughal India 1556-1707 Irfan Habib
• The Mughal Empire J.F. Richards
• Urban Dynamics H.C. Verma
• The Marathas Gordon

Modern India

• Modern India (NCERT) Bipan Chandra
• Modern India (Macmillan) Sumit Sarkar
• Anatomy of the Raj (PPH) Suhash Chakravarty
• The Raj Syndrome (Penguins) Suhash Chakravarty
• VAID's Fundamentals of History Series
  a. Administrative History Pravin Kumar
  b. Constitutional History Pravin Kumar
  c. Social History Pravin Kumar
  d. Freedom Struggle Pravin Kumar
• Peasant Movements in India D.N. Dhanagare
• India's Struggle for Independence Bipan Chandra and others
• Gandhi B.R. Nanda
• Gandhi Judith Brown
• Freedom Struggle (NbT) Bipan Chandra & others

World History

• The story of Civilization, Vol. 2 (NCERT) Arjun Dev
• Contemporary World History (NCERT) Arjun Dev & others
• The Mainstream of Civilization Strayer, Gatzke & Harbison
• Western Civilizations Burns & others
• Industry & Empire E.J. Hobsbawm
• Age of Revolution E.J. Hobsbawm
• Age of Capital E.J. Hobsbawm
• Age of Empires E.J. Hobsbawm
• Social basis of Democracy & Dictatorship B.J. Moore
• Europe Since Napoleon David Thompson
• Europe Since 1815 W.C. Craig
• Europe Since 1870 James Joll.