NCERT Ancient Indian History MCQs PDF: The Ancient History topics are closely related to Heritage and Culture, particularly when studying History for UPSC IAS, State PSC and all other competitive exams preparation. The following are the important topics to study from Ancient Indian History MCQs.
Sources of Ancient Indian History
Archaeological, Literary Sources, Foreign Accounts & Modern Historians of Ancient India.
Pre-Historic Cultures
Division of Ancient, the Neolithic, Chalcolithic Age, Megalithic Culture or Iron Age & Historical Age
Indus Valley Civilisation
Origin, Phases, Cities, Important Sites, Economic & Social Conditions in Indus Valley
Art and Craft & Religious Practices, Decline & Contribution of Indus Valley Civilisation
The Vedic Age
Advent of the Aryans in India
Vedic Literature, Vedic Age & Later Vedic Age
Religious Movements
Rise of New Religious Sects, Jainism, Buddhism, Other Heterodox
Religious Movements, Bhagwatism & New Dynamic Force
Mahajanapadas
The Mahajanapadas were mostly monarchical kingdoms where dynastic kings with absolute powers and a regular army ruled over a defined territory called Janapada or Rajya. However, some of them were republics known as Gana or Ganasanghas, or Gana Rajya.
Mauryan Empire
Sources & Rulers of Mauryan Dynasty, Chandragupta Maurya, Bindusara, Ashoka,
Mauryan Administration, Art and Architecture
Decline of Mauryan Empire
Post-Mauryan Period
Indigenous Kingdoms, Shunga, Kanvas & Satavahana Dynasty
Foreign Kingdom & Post-Mauryan Administration
The Age of the Guptas
Gupta Empire, Rulers of Gupta Empire, Society and Administration in Gupta Empire.
Decline of the Gupta Empire
Post-Gupta Era
Harshavardhana Spread of Civilisation in Eastern India, Kamarupa Kingdom, Pala, Gurjara
Pratihara & Rashtrakuta Dynasty
Economic Life & Art and Architecture in Post-Gupta Era
History of South India
Sangam Age, Megalith Culture in South India, Three Early Kingdoms.
Organisation of New Kingdoms in Deccan & Imperial Cholas
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