NCERT Compendium for UPSC - INDIAN & WORLD HISTORY | Comprehensive coverage of both Old and New NCERTs from Class 6 to 12th | One stop solution for UPSC and State PSCs | by USPC toppers | 2025 Exams

About the Book

McGraw Hill presents the 1st edition of NCERT COMPENDIUM - INDIAN & WORLD HISTORY, authored by Sumesh Chahal, Animesh Pradhan, Virupaksh Singh and Shubham Jain. This book offers a comprehensive study of Indian and the World history, drawing upon the rich resources provided by the NCERT. It is designed specifically for UPSC and State PSCs aspirants. The content is presented in a lucid and accessible manner, making complex historical concepts understandable to the aspirants of all backgrounds. Each chapter is accompanied by clear explanations, illustrative diagrams, and pertinent examples, facilitating effective learning and retention.

Salient Features

🏺 One stop solution for understanding the basics as it is a compilation of NCERTs from Class VI-XII.

🏺 This book offers a comprehensive understanding of Indian and World History.

🏺 Provides detailed discussions on historical events, personalities, and socio-political developments.

🏺 Addresses gaps in NCERT’s coverage and offers additional information.

NCERT Compendium Series

Book 1 - NCERT Compendium Indian and World Geography

Book 2 - NCERT Compendium Indian and World History

Book 3 - NCERT Compendium Indian Economy

Book 4 - NCERT Compendium Indian Polity 

Book 5 - NCERT Compendium Science and Environment

Book 6 - NCERT Compendium Indian Society

Table of Contents

ANCIENT INDIA

Unit 1 Early India: From Palaeolithic to Chalcolithic Culture

Unit 2 The Harappan Civilisation

Unit 3 Iron Age and the Emergence of Vedic Culture

Unit 4 Rise of Territorial Kingdoms (600 BCE Onwards)

Unit 5 New Empires and Kingdoms

Unit 6 Early States and Economies (c. 600 BCE-600 CE)

Unit 7 Kinship, Caste, and Class Early Societies (C. 600 BCE-600 CE)

Unit 8 New Questions and Ideas

Unit 9 Emergence of State

Unit 10 The Mauryan Empire

Unit 11 The Sangam Age

MEDIEVAL INDIA

Unit 1 Tracing Major Changes Through a Thousand Years of Medieval India

Unit 2 New Kings and Kingdoms

Unit 3 The Delhi Sultanate

Unit 4 Through the Eyes of Travellers

Unit 5 Bhakti and Sufi Traditions: Changes in Religious Beliefs and Devotional Texts

Unit 6 An Imperial Capital Vijayanagara

Unit 7 Kings and Chronicles: The Mughal Courts

Unit 8 Peasants, Zamindars and the State: Agrarian Society and the Mughal Empire

Unit 9 Medieval Architecture: Rulers and Buildings

Unit 10 Towns, Traders and Craftspersons

Unit 11 Tribes, Nomads, Settled Communities and Regional Cultures

Unit 12 Eighteenth-Century Political Formations

ART and CULTURE

Unit 1 Prehistoric Rock Paintings

Unit 2 Arts of the Indus Valley

Unit 3 Arts of the Mauryan Period

Unit 4 Post-Mauryan Trends in Indian Art and Architecture

Unit 5 Later Mural Traditions

Unit 6 Temple Architecture and Sculpture

Unit 7 Indian Bronze Sculpture

Unit 8 Some Aspects of Indo-Islamic Architecture

MODERN INDIA

Unit 1 From Trade to Territory: The Company Establishes Power

Unit 2 Ruling the Countryside

Unit 3 Tribals, Dikus and the Vision of a Golden Age

Unit 4 When People Rebel and 1857 and After

Unit 5 Weavers, Iron Smelters, and Factory Owners

Unit 6 Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation

Unit 7 Women, Caste, and Reform

Unit 8 The Making of the National Movement: 1870s—1947

Unit 9 Colonial Cities: Urbanisation, Planning and Architecture

Unit 10 India after Independence: Making of the Constitution

POST-INDEPENDENCE INDIA

Unit 1 Challenge of Nation Building

Unit 2 Era of One-Party Dominance

Unit 3 Politics of Planned Development

Unit 4 India’s External Relations

Unit 5 Challenges to and Restoration of the Congress System

Unit 6 The Crisis of Democratic Order

Unit 7 Rise of Popular Movements

Unit 8 Regional Aspirations

Unit 9 Recent Developments in Indian Politics

WORLD HISTORY

Unit 1 The Age of Industrialisation

Unit 2 The French Revolution

Unit 3 The Rise of Nationalism in Europe

Unit 4 Socialism in Europe and the Russian Revolution

Unit 5 Nazism and the Rise of Hitler

Unit 6 Nationalism in India

Unit 7 The Nationalist Movement in Indo-China

Unit 8 The Cold War Era

Unit 9 The End of Bipolarity

Unit 10 US Hegemony in World Politics

Unit 11 Alternative Centres of Power

Unit 12 Contemporary South Asia

Unit 13 International Organisations

Unit 14 Security in the Contemporary World

Unit 15 Forest Society and Colonialism

Unit 16 Pastoralists in the Modern World

Unit 17 Environment and Natural Resources

Unit 18 The Making of a Global World

Unit 19 Globalisation

Unit 20 Print Culture and the Modern World