@Bhavya_Jha @Bhavya_Jha for ancient and medieval history my mainstay was TN 11th std textbook, which I read in 2 days and then revised for sectional tests.
I also looked at introductions, conclusions, maps, figures and boxes from all chapters in Upinder Singh. From there I read the relevant chapter segments on society, religion (buddhism, jainism, shakta, shaiva, vaishnava, yaksha-yakshini, puranic hinduism) and schools of philosophy. It framed art and culture very well too.
UPSC faves like Ashoka, literature, religious architecture+sculpture and Vijayanagara are covered best from this book, I felt.
UPSC faves like Ashoka, literature, religious architecture+sculpture and Vijayanagara are covered best from this book, I felt.
I looked at the last 3 years papers and saw dynasties being featured. I found a youtuber who makes historical map videos and used the India video to recreate those maps very roughly to establish chronology and region-wise dynasties and invasions.
I also read Live History India articles (leisurely, not like exam material) and they helped establish context for society, economy, polity, trade aspects of history. During lockdown I saw Telugu films on Rudramma Devi and Gautamiputra Satkarni because I needed a visual sense of Southern Indian history.
I also read Live History India articles (leisurely, not like exam material) and they helped establish context for society, economy, polity, trade aspects of history. During lockdown I saw Telugu films on Rudramma Devi and Gautamiputra Satkarni because I needed a visual sense of Southern Indian history.
I dislike all NCERTs for history, old or new, never picked up any after school.
did generic padhai for environment and S&T. probably wouldn't have been helped by regular sources because there were more principle-based and general awareness Qs than textbook-based ones.
solved 1 full length mock. No PTs. PYQPs all the way. weird questions can only be solved from there I feel.
