| | PART I - ANCIENT INDIA | |
| 1 | CHRONOLOGY, FOREIGNERS’ ACCOUNT Foreigner’s Account Terminology | 15-20 |
| 2 | PRE-HISTORIC CULTURE Paleolithic Mesolithic Neolithic Chalcolithic Malwa | 21-24 |
| 3 | INDUS VALLEY CIVILIZATION Discovery Characteristic Features Polity Economy Agriculture Art and Craft Religion Script and Language Burial Special Features of Sites Findings and Evidences | 25-41 |
| 4 | VEDIC AGE Vedic Literature Rig Vedic Society Later Vedic Society Terminology | 42-57 |
| 5 | BUDDHISM Chronology Life of Buddha History of Buddhism Teachings of Buddhism The Buddhist Philosophy Buddhist Councils Schism in Buddhism Buddhist Literature | 58-67 |
| 6 | JAINISM Chronology Introduction Life of Mahavira Preachings Philosophy of Jainism Schism and Councils Comparison of Buddhism and Jainism Other Heterodox Sects | 68-76 |
| 7 | MAHAJANAPADAS Magadhan Dynasties Haryanka Dynasty Shishunaga Dynasty Nanda Dynasty Foreigners’ Invasions Persian Invasion Alexander’s Invasion | 77-81 |
| 8 | MAURYAN EMPIRE Sources Chandra Gupta Maurya Bindusara Asoka • Inscriptions of Asoka • Contents of Edicts of Asoka Rock Edicts Pillar Edicts Asoka’s Dhamma Mauryan Administration Welfare Measures by Asoka Later Mauryas Mauryan Art Terminology | 82-99 |
| 9 | SANGAM AGE Introduction Three Sangam Sangam Literature Sangam Age kingdoms Sangam Age Administration Social Life | 100-109 |
| 10 | POST-MAURYA or PRE-GUPTA PERIOD Introduction Native Successors of Mauryas Foreign Successors of Mauryas Trade and Commerce Post-Mauryan Administration | 110-115 |
| 11 | SATAVAHANAS Origin Polity Important Rulers Economy Cheti’s of Kalinga | 116-121 |
| 12 | GUPTA EMPIRE Sources Political History Administration Economy Culture Religious Sects Development of Science Post-Gupta Period Terminology | 122-146 |
| 13 | SCHOOLS OF ART Gandhara School Mathura School Amaravati School | 147-149 |
| 14 | SOUTH INDIAN KINGDOMS Pallavas (560-903 AD) • Political History • Art and Architecture Chalukayas of Badami (543-755 AD) • Political History • Art and Architecture Chalukyas of Kalyani Rashtrakutas(753-982 AD) • Early History Cholas (848-1279 AD) • Important Rulers • Titles of Chola Kings • Chola Art • Terminology | 150-164 |
| | PART II - MEDIEVAL INDIA | |
| 15 | CHRONOLOGY | 167-173 |
| 16 | HISTORIANS OF MEDIEVAL INDIA Important Foreign Travelers/Envoy: Important Writers | 174-183 |
| 17 | SULTANS OF DELHI (1206-1526 AD) Slave Dynasty (1206-1290 AD) Khalji Dynasty (1290-1320 AD) Tughlaq Dynasty (1320-1412 AD) • Invasion by Timur Sayyid Dynasty (1414-1451 AD) Lodi Dynasty(1451-1526 AD) Architecture Various Departments Officers and Their Duties Taxes Agrarian Condition Books and Authors | 184-195 |
| 18 | SURI AND MUGHAL EMPIRES Sur Empire (1540-1556) • Sher Shah (1540-1545 AD) • Sur Administration Mughals • Mughal Administration • Mughal Architecture • Mughal Paintings • Mughal Literature Agrarian Condition Under Sur and Mughal Terminology | 196-207 |
| 19 | BAHMANIKINGDOM Important Rulers Bahmani Succession States Books and Their Authors Terminology | 208-212 |
| 20 | VIJAYANAGAR Vijayanagar Dynasties Travellers Terminology | 213-224 |
| 21 | THE SAINTS OF MEDIEVAL INDIA South India Maharastra North India Religious Ideas Sikh Gurus | 225-236 |
| 22 | MUSLIM RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS | 237-239 |
| 23 | MARATHAS Maratha Confederacy Terminology Classical Writers in Indian Languages | 240-246 |
| 24 | TERMINOLOGY | 247-256 |
| | PART III - MODERN INDIA | |
| 25 | CHRONOLOGY | 259-276 |
| 26 | THE LATER MUGHALS Decay of the Mughal Empire Autonomous States • Bengal • Awadh • Hyderabad • Mysore | 277-286 |
| 27 | EUROPEAN TRADING COMPANIES | 287-289 |
| 28 | BATTLES AND WARS Carnatic Wars Battle Of Plassey Battle Of Buxar Anglo-Mysore Wars Anglo-Maratha Wars Anglo-Sikh Wars | 290-297 |
| 29 | GOVERNOR GENERALS | 298-307 |
| 30 | REVOLTS Sepoy Mutinies • The Revolt of 1857 • Vellore Mutiny • Sepoy Mutinies Before the 1857 Revolt Tribal Revolts Civilian Revolts | 308-323 |
| 31 | JOURNALS, ORGANIZATIONS AND CONGRESS SESSIONS Pre-Congress Organisations Important Congress Sessions Revolutionary Terrorism – Persons Associated Leftist Organisations Persons and their Associations Various Titles Journals Books and Authors | 324-339 |
| 32 | SOCIO-RELIGIOUS REFORM MOVEMENTS Hindu Reform Movements Sikh Reform Movements Parsi Movements Muslim Movements Caste Movements | 340-352 |
| 33 | NATIONALISM I Rise of National Consciousness Factors Contributing to Rise of Nationalism Foundation of INC (1885) Moderates and Extremists Partition of Bengal (1905) Surat Split (1907) Revolutionary Terrorism – Phase I Lucknow Session of INC (1916) Home Rule Movement (1916-1919) | 353-363 |
| 34 | NATIONALISM II Gandhi • Gandhi in South Africa • Gandhi in India Khilafat and Non-Cooperation Movement (1919-22) Peasant Movements and Nationalism Indian Working Class and National Movement Revolutionary Terrorism – Phase II Formation of Swarajist Party Simon Commission (1927) Nehru Report (1928) Lahore Congress and Purna Swaraj (1929) Civil Disobedience Movement (1930) Gandhi-Irwin Pact Round Table Conferences Communal Award (1932) Poona Pact (1932) 28 Months of Congress Rule (1937-1939) Individual Satyagraha (1940) Cripps Mission (March 1942) Quit India Movement (1942) Wavell Offer or Shimla Offer (1945) Indian National Army Royal Indian Navy Revolt Cabinet Mission Plan (1946) Constituent Assembly Mountbatten Plan (3rd June 1947) Independence of India Act, 1947 | 364-397 |
| 35 | POST INDEPENDENCE Partition of India Accession of Junagadh (1947) Accession of Jammu And Kashmir (1947) Accession of Hyderabad (1948) First General Election and Lok Sabha Planning Commission (1950) Official Language Linguistic Reorganization of States Non-Alignment Movement (1961) Indo-China War (1962) Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 – 1964) | 398-404 |
| 36 | ACTS DURING THE BRITISH RULE | 405-410 |
| 37 | FAMOUS PERSONALITIES OF MODERN INDIA | 411-430 |
| 38 | QUOTES IN MODERN INDIA | 431-460 |