Union PubliC Service Commission (UPSC) conducts Civil Services
Examination for appointment to the various services including
India Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Foreign Service
(IFS), and Indian Police Service (IPS). The syllabus to be
covered for the History is divided in two parts as mentioned
below: PAPER - I 1.Sources: Archaeological sources: Exploration,
excavation, epigraphy, numismatics, monuments Literary
sources:Indigenous:Primary and secondary; poetry, scientific
literature, literature, literature in regional languages,
religious literature. Foreign accounts: Greek, Chinese and Arab
writers. 2.Pre-history and Proto-history: Geographical factors;
hunting and gathering (paleolithic and mesolithic); Beginning of
agriculture (neolithic and chalcolithic). 3. Indus Valley
Civilization: Origin, date, extent, characteristics, decline,
survival and significance, art and architecture. 4.Megalithic
Cultures: Distribution of pastoral and farming cultures outside
the Indus, Development of community life,