AMAC

Ancient, Medieval & Art-Culture for UPSC — built from the standard NCERT-level texts in a single learning sequence (Ancient → Medieval → Art & Culture), weighted by the last 10 years of prelims PYQs. Each article: deep notes + Test Yourself MCQs/PYQs + Mains practice.

1. Read This First: How UPSC Tests Ancient, Medieval & Art-Culture
2. Reconstructing Ancient India: Sources, Historiography & Dating
3. Prehistory of India: Stone Age to Chalcolithic & Megalithic Cultures
4. The Indus (Harappan) Civilisation: Town Planning, Sites, Economy & Decline
5. The Vedic Age: Early (Rig Vedic) vs Later Vedic — Polity, Society, Economy & Religion
6. Mahajanapadas, the Rise of Magadha & the Iranian and Macedonian Invasions
7. Jainism & the Heterodox Ferment: Mahavira, Doctrines, the Great Schism & the Ajivikas
8. Buddhism: The Buddha, Four Noble Truths, the Councils, Schools, Spread & Decline