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UPSC Core Geography

Curated from UPSC Civil Services syllabus.

43TOPICS
701LOCATIONS
3,382FLASHCARDS
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Topics in UPSC Core Geography

💦 Dams
49 loc · 205 cards · Dams
🦌 National Parks
85 loc · 497 cards · National Parks
⚡ Power Plants
54 loc · 207 cards · Power Plants
🏛️ UNESCO Sites
45 loc · 252 cards · UNESCO Sites
🐅 Tiger Reserves
58 loc · 299 cards
💧 Ramsar Sites
99 loc · 356 cards
🌿 Biosphere Reserves
18 loc · 103 cards
🗞️ Current Affairs 2024-26
15 loc · 103 cards
📚 Sources & Geography of Ancient India
6 loc · 34 cards · Sharma Ch 1-5: Importance + Sources + Modern Historians + Geographical Setting + Ecology
🪨 Stone Age & Chalcolithic Cultures
31 loc · 138 cards · Sharma Ch 6-7: Stone Age (Palaeo/Meso/Neolithic) + Chalcolithic Cultures
🏛️ Harappan Civilisation
11 loc · 61 cards · Sharma Ch 8: The Harappan Civilization (sites, town planning, economy, religion, decline)
📜 Aryans & Vedic Civilisation
6 loc · 32 cards · Sharma Ch 9-10: Identity of Aryans + Vedic Civilization (Rig Vedic + Later Vedic / Iron Age)
⚔️ Mahajanapadas, Magadha & Invasions
6 loc · 35 cards · Sharma Ch 13-14: Territorial States + Rise of Magadha + Iranian + Macedonian Invasions
🦁 Maurya Empire
10 loc · 45 cards · Sharma Ch 15-16: The Age of the Mauryas + Significance of Mauryan Rule
☸️ Jainism & Buddhism
8 loc · 40 cards · Sharma Ch 11-12: Jainism + Buddhism + Iron Age Material Life
🏹 Post-Maurya Invasions
7 loc · 32 cards · Sharma Ch 17: Central Asian Contacts (Indo-Greeks, Shakas, Parthians, Kushans)
⛵ Satavahanas & Sangam Tamilakam
6 loc · 27 cards · Sharma Ch 18-19: Satavahanas (Deccan) + Far South Sangam Age
👑 Gupta Empire
19 loc · 87 cards · Sharma Ch 21-22: The Age of the Guptas + Life in the Gupta Age
🌏 Post-Gupta: Harsha, Pallavas, Feudalism, Asia
8 loc · 38 cards · Sharma Ch 23-30: Eastern India + Harsha + Pallava-Chola + Feudalism + Asian Outreach
📜 Early Medieval Transition (700-1200)
4 loc · 23 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I — Background: Tripartite, Rajput era, Indian feudalism, eve of Turk conquest
⚔️ Arab + Turk Conquests
9 loc · 30 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I Ch 1-2: Arab Sind, Mahmud of Ghazni, Muhammad of Ghor
🕌 Slave / Mamluk Dynasty (1206-90)
5 loc · 25 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I Ch 3-4: The Delhi Sultanate — Slave Dynasty
⚔️ Khalji Dynasty (1290-1320)
6 loc · 34 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I Ch 5: Khalji Revolution + Alauddin's reforms
🏰 Tughluq Dynasty (1320-1414)
16 loc · 75 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I Ch 6: Tughluqs — peak + experiments + decline
📜 Sayyid + Lodi + Sultanate Admin
7 loc · 28 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I Ch 7-8: Sayyid + Lodi dynasties + Sultanate Administration + Society + Economy
🏛️ Vijayanagara + Bahmani
5 loc · 23 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I Ch 9-10: Vijayanagara empire + Bahmani + 5 Deccan Sultanates
⚜️ Provincial Sultanates
5 loc · 21 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I Ch 11: Bengal, Gujarat, Malwa, Jaunpur, Kashmir Sultanates
🕉️ Bhakti & Sufi Movements
6 loc · 32 cards · Satish Chandra Vol I-II Ch 12: Religious-cultural movements + Bhakti + Sufi orders
🏛️ Mughal Empire
6 loc · 47 cards · Satish Chandra Vol II Ch 1-7: Mughal foundation + Akbar + Jahangir + Shah Jahan + Aurangzeb
⚖️ Mughal Admin / Economy / Culture / Decline
6 loc · 26 cards · Satish Chandra Vol II Ch 8-12: Mughal administrative/economic/cultural systems + decline
⚔️ Marathas + 18th-Century Successor States
15 loc · 67 cards · Satish Chandra Vol II Ch 13-14: Marathas + Successor States
⏳ Mughal Decline + 18th-c. Setting
8 loc · 25 cards · Bipan Chandra Vol I Ch 1: Decline of Mughals + 18th-century India's political-economic setting
⚔️ British Conquest (1757-1818)
6 loc · 33 cards · Bipan Chandra Vol I Ch 2: From Plassey to Paramountcy
💰 Colonial Economy + Drain Theory
5 loc · 29 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 3-4: Drain of Wealth + Deindustrialisation + Colonial Economic Structure
🌾 Land Revenue + Famines
6 loc · 35 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 5: Colonial land revenue systems + agrarian crisis + famines
📚 Indian Renaissance + Reform Movements
6 loc · 32 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 6: Socio-religious reform movements (Brahmo, Arya, Aligarh, etc.)
⚔️ 1857 Revolt
6 loc · 30 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 7-8: The Revolt of 1857 — causes + course + significance
🇮🇳 Rise of Nationalism + Moderates (1885-1905)
4 loc · 23 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 9-10: INC foundation + Moderate phase
⚡ Extremists + Swadeshi (1905-1916)
4 loc · 22 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 11: Swadeshi Movement + Extremists + Revolutionary terrorism
🇮🇳 Gandhian Era 1 — Champaran to NCM (1915-22)
8 loc · 28 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 12: Gandhi's arrival + Champaran + Khilafat + NCM
🇮🇳 CDM + Communalism + Princely States (1922-39)
6 loc · 34 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 13-15: From CDM to WWII — Salt March + Communalism rise + 1937 elections
🇮🇳 Quit India + Independence + Partition (1939-47)
5 loc · 32 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 16-18: WWII + Cripps + Quit India + INA + Mountbatten + Partition
📜 Constitution + Republic + Bipan Chandra Conclusions
6 loc · 37 cards · Bipan Chandra Ch 19-20: Constituent Assembly + Constitution + Bipan Chandra's synthesis

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