History Optional (UPSC)
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I am Nikhil Sheth, History faculty at Level Up IAS. This channel is started to cater to the needs of History Optional in UPSC CSE.
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Pearson has released the second edition of the classic book by Upinder Singh madam. I was extremely excited and curious... thus just went through it page by page.... There are some new additions: some boxes, some photos and very few new sections in some chapters. Total change is not more than 5-7%.

The book definitely pushes the boundary of our present understanding of Ancient and Early Medieval history. However, how much of that is going to be relevant for our exam requirement is open to question.

There will be some Youtube Videos by some teachers soon where they will compare the new edition with the old and inform us what is important for the exam. You can watch one or two of them to get the basic idea.

However, my conclusion is that those of you who have time and are preparing for 2025 can use this book as the basic source. But for those who are preparing for 2024, please continue with the earlier edition and it is totally fine. It would not make much difference.

#bookreview #ancient
Upinder Singh New Edition.pdf
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This is a list of all the new added sections in the new Upinder Singh book that I mentioned in the video. This is a ready reference list.

Please understand that these are merely the boxes and sections. There are many more changes in the main paragraphs, which are not captured in this list. For the insight into what has really changed, do watch the video here https://youtu.be/pDtmRnHDMM4

#bookreview
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