KIRAN UPSC MAINS GS PAPER-I SHORT NOTES BY IPS VIKAS SANGWAN AIR -123, 2017 ENGLISH(2643)
Ancient and medieval History
Modern History
Post Independence
World History
Art & Culture
Physical Geography
Location f Industries And Resources
Social Issues, Society
CONTENTS : GS-1
INDIAN HERITAGE AND CULTURE, HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF THE WORLD AND SOCIETY ANCIENT AND MEDIEVAL HISTORY
PREHISTORIC PERIOD: PALEOLITHIC AGE, MESOLITHIC AGE, AND CHALCOLITHIC AGE
Paleolithic Age Art
Mesolithic period Art:
Chalcolithic period Art:
INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION
Features of Indus Valley Civilization
Indus Valley Sites and Specialties
Harappa
Mohenjodaro
Chanhudaro
Kalibangan
Lothal
Ropar
Banawali
Dholavira
Religion of Indus Valley People
Indus Valley Society and Culture
Reasons for Decline of Indus Valley Civilization
BUDDHISM AND JAINISM
Buddhism
Jainism
The sangha
Monasteries
System of ashramas
MAURYA AND POST MAURYA
Asoka, The Emperor
Ruling the empire
Ashoka’s dhamma
Villages and Towns
Traders, Kings and Pilgrims
Silk Route And Kushans
Spread of Buddhism
Bhakti
GUPTA AND POST GUPTA
Guptas
Harshavardhana & Harshacharita
The Pallavas, Chalukyas and Pulakeshin
Buildings, Paintings and Books
EARLY MEDIEVAL INDIA
Rajput Kingdoms
Arab Conquest of Sind (712 A.D.)
Mahmud of Ghazni and his Invasions
Mahmud of Ghazni (A.D. 997-1030)
Muhammad Ghori
The Battle of Tarain (1191-1192)
Causes for the failure of Hindu kingdoms
DELHI SULTANATE (1206-1526)
Slave Dynasty
Qutbuddin Aibak (1206-1210)
Iltutmish (1211-1236)
Raziya (1236-1240)
Era of Balban (1246-1287)
Alauddin Khalji (1296-1316)
Military Campaigns
The Tughlaq Dynasty (1320-1414)
Muhammad bin Tughlaq (1325-1351)
Transfer of Capital
Token Currency
Taxation in Doab
Agricultural Reforms
Rebellions
Firoz Tughlaq (1351-1388)
Military Campaigns
Administrative Reforms
Sayyids (1414-1451)
Lodis (1451-1526)
INDIA UNDER THE DELHI SULTANATE
Administration
Central Government
Local Administration
Economy
Social Life
Art and Architecture
Music
Literature
BHAKTI AND SUFI MOVEMENT
Brahminism vs Buddhism/Jainism vs Devotional Paths (Bhaktism, Sufism, and Sikhism)
Bhakti cult
Nayanars and Alvars
Philosophy and Bhakti
Basavanna’s Virashaivism
Saints of Maharashtra
Nathpanthis, Siddhas, and Yogis
Saint Kabir
Sufi Movement and Islam
Baba Guru Nanak (1469-1539) and Sikhism
VIJAYANAGAR AND BAHMANI KINGDOMS
Vijayanagar Empire
Krishna Deva Raya (1509 – 1530)
Bahmani Kingdom
Mahmud Gawan
THE MUGHAL EMPIRE
Babur (1526-1530)
Humayun (1530-1540)
Sur dynasty Interregnum (1540-1555)
Humayun (1555-1556)
Akbar (1556-1605)
Jahangir (1605-1627)
Shah Jahan (1627-1658)
Aurangazeb (1658-1707)
Causes for the Downfall of the Mughals
INDIA UNDER THE MUGHALS
Economic and Social Life
Mughal Nobility
Rural Masses
Agriculture
Growth of Trade
Cultural Development under the Mughals
Art and Architecture
Paintings and Music
Language and Literature
THE MARATHAS
The Rise of the Marathas
Shivaji (1627-1680): His Life and Conquests
Shivaji’s Administration
The Peshwas (1713-1818)
Balaji Viswanath (1713-1720)
Baji Rao I (1720-1740)
Balaji Baji Rao (1740-1761)
THE COMING OF EUROPEANS
The Portuguese
The Dutch
The English
The French
Anglo-French Rivalry
The Carnatic Wars
Establishment of British Power in Bengal
LAND REVENUE SYSTEMS UNDER BRITISH RULE
Before British Rule
Zamindari System
Ryotwari System
Mahalwari System
Land Reforms in India After Independence
MODERN HISTORY
INDIA IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY
Bahadur Shah 1 (1707-12)
Jahandar Shah (1712-13)
Farrukh Siyar (1713-19)
Muhammad Shah ‘Rangeela’ (1719-1748)
Nadir Shah’s Invasion (1738)
Ahmed Shah Abdali
Shah Alam II 1759
Decline of the Mughal Empire
Hyderabad and the Carnatic
Bengal
Awadh
Mysore
Kerala
Rajput States
Jats
Sikhs
Marathas
SARANJAMI SYSTEM : ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION OF THE BRITISH
Army
Police
Judiciary
Civil Cases
Criminal Cases
William Bentinck
Spread of Modern Education
Major drawbacks of the English education system:
Development of Education
INDIAN NATINOAL MOVEMENT
REVOLT OF 1857
CIVIL REBELLIONS AND TRIBAL UPRISINGS
PEASANT UPRISINGS
WHY DID NATIONAL MOVEMENT ARISE?
RISE OF INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
CONTRIBUTION OF EARLY NATIONALISTS METHODS OF WORK OF EARLY NATIONALISTS
SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORMS
ECONOMICAL ANALYSIS OF BRITISH INDIA
FREEDOM OF PRESS
B G TILAK
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT: 1903-1908
PARTITION OF BENGAL
THE SWADESHI MOVEMENT
REVOLUTIONARY TERR