Mains Samagra ( समग्र ) UP Special GS Paper -V UP -PSC 2026 AIR 1 Eng Medium

Mains Samagra ( समग्र ) UP Special GS Paper -V UP -PSC 2026 AIR 1 Eng Medium

Pages : 128

Table of Contents

• Topic 1: Pre-Vedic Uttar Pradesh – Sources, Landscapes and Method
• Topic 2: Palaeolithic Uttar Pradesh – First Human Landscapes
• Topic 3: Mesolithic Uttar Pradesh – Microliths, Burials and Early Sedentism
• Topic 4: Neolithic and Early Farming in UP – Belan Valley and Middle Ganga Evidence
• Topic 5: Chalcolithic, OCP, Copper Hoards and Late Harappan Fringe in UP
• Topic 6: Early Vedic Phase and Uttar Pradesh – A Strictly Limited Connection
• Topic 7: Later Vedic Uttar Pradesh – Kuru-Panchala, Kashi-Kosala and Vatsa
• Topic 8: Painted Grey Ware, Iron and Early State Formation in UP
• Topic 9: Society, Economy, Religion and Culture in Vedic UP
• Topic 10: Ancient Cities of Pre-Vedic and Vedic UP
• Topic 11: Art, Architecture and Material Culture of Pre-Vedic and Vedic UP
• Topic 12: Historiographical Debates
• Topic 13: Significance of Pre-Vedic and Vedic History of UP
• Topic 14: Conservation, Heritage Management and Way Forward

• Topic 1: Shramana Background of Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 2: Buddhism in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 3: Jainism in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 4: Comparative Contribution of Buddhism and Jainism to UP
• Topic 5: Heritage, Tourism and Conservation of Buddhist-Jain UP

• Topic Map: What this document covers
• Topic 1: Historical Position of Uttar Pradesh in the Mauryan and Gupta Periods
• Topic 2: Mauryan Period in Uttar Pradesh

• Topic 3: Gupta Period in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 4: Mauryan and Gupta Art, Architecture and Culture – Comparative Analysis
• Topic 5: Ancient Cities and Site-wise Notes for UPPSC Mains
• Topic 6: Challenges and Way Forward

• Topic 1: Nature, Chronology and Sources of Early Medieval Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 2: Harsha, Post-Harsha Fragmentation and Rise of Kanyakubja/Kannauj
• Topic 3: Kannauj and the Tripartite Struggle
• Topic 4: Gurjara-Pratiharas and Political-Cultural Consolidation in UP
• Topic 5: Gahadavalas of Kashi-Kannauj and Eastern Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 6: Chandellas, Bundelkhand, Mahoba and Kalinjar
• Topic 7: Administration, Society, Economy and Feudal Formations
• Topic 8: Religion, Literature, Education and Cultural Life
• Topic 9: Art, Architecture and Sculpture of Early Medieval Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 10: Ancient Cities and Regional Cultural Centres of Early Medieval UP
• Topic 11: Decline, Turkish Contact and Historical Transition
• Topic 12: Conservation, Tourism

• Topic 1: 12th-Century Transition in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 2: Delhi Sultanate in Uttar Pradesh: Administration, Towns and Society
• Topic 3: Jaunpur and the Sharqi Sultanate
• Topic 4: Lodi-Afghan Transition and the Rise of Agra
• Topic 5: Mughal Uttar Pradesh: Imperial Core of North India
• Topic 6: Mughal Art and Architecture in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 7: Bhakti and Sufi Movements in Medieval Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 8: Language, Literature and Intellectual Culture in Medieval UP
• Topic 9: Sacred Urbanism: Kashi, Braj, Ayodhya and Prayag

• Topic 10: Awadh and Nawabi Culture of Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 11: Rohilkhand, Rampur and Local Power Centres
• Topic 12: Bundelkhand, Fort Culture and Regional Resistance
• Topic 13: Society and Economy of Medieval Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 14: Site-wise Medieval UP Revision Matrix

• Topic 1: Colonial Expansion and Formation of Modern Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 2: 1857 Revolt in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 3: Reform, Education and Cultural Renaissance in Modern UP
• Topic 4: Early Nationalism, Congress Politics and Public Sphere in UP
• Topic 5: Gandhian Mass Movements in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 6: Revolutionary Nationalism in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 7: Labour, Socialist and Left Currents in UP
• Topic 8: Women of Uttar Pradesh in Modern Indian History
• Topic 9: Literature, Language, Press and Cultural Nationalism in UP
• Topic 10: Constitutional Leadership and National Personalities from UP

• Topic 1: Regional and Thematic Mapping of UP Personalities
• Topic 2: Personalities of the Revolt of 1857 in Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 3: Education, Press and Early Nationalist-Social Reform Personalities
• Topic 4: Gandhian, Peasant and Mass Movement Personalities of UP
• Topic 5: Revolutionary Nationalism and Kakori Personalities of UP
• Topic 6: Women Personalities of Uttar Pradesh in Freedom Movement and Social Sphere
• Topic 7: Personalities of UP in Social Reform, Equality and Cultural Awakening
• Topic 8: Personalities of Composite Nationalism and Communal Harmony in UP
• Topic 9: UP Personalities in Constitution, Governance and Post-Independence Social Reconstruction
• Topic 11: Post-Independence History of Uttar Pradesh
• Topic 12: Comprehensive Micro-topic