NCERT Ancient Indian History MCQs PDF

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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