Ancient Indian History Don’t fast forward the video. Listen to each and every point carefully, else you may miss something important. Understand the syllabus that I shall explain to you thoroughly. Understand the book list required for Ancient Indian History. Read the chapter from the book, once you have watched the video. Watch the classes regularly, don’t pile up videos/subjects. Attend all tests that are organized regularly without any miss. Watch the video again or read the book if you have a doubt. If you still have a doubt, ping me personally in Telegram. Join our Facebook Page, Instagram & Telegram Channel, you will get my number from the description. Understand that you may have 1 doubt, but I answer 250+ doubts daily. Hence understand that my response may be delayed. Have patience! If you will not follow the above instructions 100%, don’t expect support from me. All the Best! Why should we study Ancient Indian History? Studying Ancient History helps us to connect with the people of Ancient History and learn what mistakes they made, what was their impact and what they learned. Thus in case we made such mistake or about to, then we can understand how will it impact us. Hence we can learn a lot about life from Ancient History. Studying Ancient History helps us to know how we transformed over the decades. It helps us to compare and analyse the differences between two eras and how these differences/changes were vital to us. It helps us to know the vastness and richness of your area or nation or world. It helps you to connect with our roots and understand the reasons behind our traditional beliefs. UPSC Syllabus of Ancient Indian History UPSC Preliminary Examination History of India and Indian National Movement UPSC Mains Examination Paper 2 General Studies Paper I (Part A) Indian culture will cover the salient aspects of Art Forms, literature and Architecture from ancient to modern times. UPSC Booklist for Ancient Indian History Understanding our Booklist Ancient History- A Textbook of History of Middle Schools (Romila Thapar - 1966) (Old NCERT) Ancient History - A textbook for Class XI (Ram Sharan Sharma - 1977) (Old NCERT) Ancient India – Textbook for Class XI (Makhan Lal – 2002) (Old NCERT) Tamil Nadu Textbook – Class XI for Ancient History Our Pasts – I – Class VI for Ancient History (New NCERT) Themes in Indian History – Part – I – Class XII (New NCERT) Fine Arts - Introduction to Indian Culture – Class XI UPSC Booklist for Ancient Indian History Understanding our Booklist Ancient History- A Textbook of History of Middle Schools (Romila Thapar - 1966) (Old NCERT) Ancient History - A textbook for Class XI (Ram Sharan Sharma - 1977) (Old NCERT) Ancient India – Textbook for Class XI (Makhan Lal – 2002) (Old NCERT) Tamil Nadu Textbook – Class XI for Ancient History Our Pasts – I – Class VI for Ancient History (New NCERT) Themes in Indian History – Part – I – Class XII (New NCERT) Fine Arts - Introduction to Indian Culture – Class XI How to Study Ancient History & Retain Consider the below two scenarios: 1. We generally don’t tend to forget a movie we watch (because we understand the story.) 2. If we deal with facts in our life; example A for Apple, then the more we revise, the more we retain. How to Study Ancient History & Retain Consider the below two scenarios: 1. We generally don’t tend to forget a movie we watch (because we understand the story.) 2. If we deal with facts in our life; example A for Apple, then the more we revise, the more we retain. Try to understand Ancient Indian History as a story to retain more. Instead of reading multiple books, stick to the limited resources that I suggest you. Revise the same resources multiple times. Remember revision will help you to retain during the actual examination. Attempt all Prelims and Mains based Tests that I take from time to time. Just stick to my plan, don’t do experiments and start another subject or start reading from other resources. Ancient History August Timetable .