India’s Climatic Calendar – The Autumn Season The months of October-November form a period of transition from the hot rainy… Continue reading The Post-Monsoon Season/Autumn (Oct – Dec)

India’s Climatic Calendar – The Summer Season Temperature Conditions during this season: As the sun shifts northward towards the Tropic… Continue reading The Pre-Monsoon Season/ Summer Season (Mar – May)

When done with basic book reading and Prelims is near, many aspirants face the dilemma of how to revise entire… Continue reading Civilsdaily Listicles & Titbits | High Yield Material for Quick Prelims Revision

There are two major island groups in India The island groups of Bay of Bengal: Andaman & Nicobar Islands The… Continue reading The Islands

The Indian desert is also known as the Thar Desert or the Great Indian Desert. Location and Extent: Location –… Continue reading The Indian Desert

Of the total coastline of India (7517 km), that of the peninsula is 6100 km between the peninsular plateau and… Continue reading The Coastal Plains

In the previous posts, we studied the Himalayan and Peninsular river systems in detail. Before we move further, let’s list… Continue reading Drainage System | Part 6

The Peninsular Drainage: The Peninsular drainage system is older than the Himalayan one. This is evident from the broad, largely-graded… Continue reading Drainage System | Part 5

The Ganga River System The Ganga river system is the largest in India having a number of perennial and non-perennial… Continue reading Drainage System | Part 4

The Indian Drainage System The Indian drainage system consists of a large number of small and big rivers. It is… Continue reading Drainage System | Part 3

Area of interest: North India, Central India, and South India. After the decline of Harsha’s empire, a number of large… Continue reading Chapter 9 | Post-Gupta Period II (750AD – 1000AD)

Area of interest: North India, Deccan India & South India The political situation became complex with the passing away of… Continue reading Chapter 8 | Post-Gupta Period I (600AD – 750AD) Later Guptas, Badami Chalukyas, Pallavas, Pandyas

Areas of Interest: North India, Central India, and South India Unlike the previous period, this period saw was marked by… Continue reading Chapter 7 | Gupta Period (300AD – 600AD)

Areas of Interest – North, South & East India (specifically Kalinga) The five centuries that passed between the fall of… Continue reading Chapter 6 | Post Mauryan Period (200BC to 300AD)

Areas of Interest: North India NORTH INDIA I. Political Background The period from the sixth to the late fourth century… Continue reading Chapter 5 | Mauryan Period (400BC – 200BC)

Note4Students It is important to understand the transformations that occur from the Vedic to the Later Vedic period as many… Continue reading Chapter 4 | Vedic and Later Vedic Period (1500BC – 600BC)

Note4Students This topic is not one of UPSC’s favorites. A deeper understanding is not required. You need to make a… Continue reading Chapter 1 | Stone Age – Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic

What is Agroforestry? Agroforestry is a sustainable management mechanism for land that: increases overall production, combines agricultural crops, tree crops,… Continue reading Agroforestry

Cropping Pattern refers to a yearly sequence and spatial arrangement of crops and fallow in a given area Cropping pattern… Continue reading Part 4 | Cropping Patterns and Systems in India