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High-yield books and their authors for CAPF revision: classical and medieval works, freedom-struggle writings, autobiographies, and durable world classics
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| Book |
Author |
| Arthashastra |
Kautilya (Chanakya) |
| Mudrarakshasa |
Vishakhadatta |
| Mahabhashya |
Patanjali |
| Ashtadhyayi |
Panini |
| Abhijnanasakuntalam, Meghaduta |
Kalidasa |
| Mricchakatika |
Shudraka |
| Harshacharita, Kadambari |
Banabhatta |
| Rajatarangini |
Kalhana |
| Geet Govind |
Jayadeva |
| Book |
Author |
| Tuzuk-i-Baburi (Baburnama) |
Babur |
| Ain-i-Akbari, Akbarnama |
Abul Fazl |
| Padmavat |
Malik Muhammad Jayasi |
| Tahqiq-i-Hind (Kitab-ul-Hind) |
Al-Biruni |
| Rihla |
Ibn Battuta |
| Humayun-nama |
Gulbadan Begum |
| Book |
Author |
| Hind Swaraj; The Story of My Experiments with Truth |
Mahatma Gandhi |
| Discovery of India; Glimpses of World History |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Anandamath (source of Vande Mataram) |
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay |
| Gitanjali |
Rabindranath Tagore |
| Gokhale: My Political Guru |
Mahatma Gandhi (on Gokhale) |
| The Indian War of Independence, 1857 |
V D Savarkar |
| Why I Am an Atheist |
Bhagat Singh |
| India Wins Freedom |
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad |
| Poverty and Un-British Rule in India |
Dadabhai Naoroji |
| Book |
Author / note |
| Indian Polity |
M Laxmikanth (standard reference) |
| The Constitution of India |
(the document itself) |
| Indian Economy |
Ramesh Singh (standard reference) |
| Certain Physical Aspects of the Surface of India |
(illustrative; verify) |
| Planned Economy for India |
M Visvesvaraya |
These reference titles are listed because they are the standard study sources for the subjects, consistent with sources index.
| Book |
Author |
| The Wealth of Nations |
Adam Smith |
| Das Kapital; The Communist Manifesto |
Karl Marx |
| The Origin of Species |
Charles Darwin |
| The Prince |
Niccolo Machiavelli |
| War and Peace |
Leo Tolstoy |
| The Republic |
Plato |
| A Brief History of Time |
Stephen Hawking |
| Book |
Author |
| Wings of Fire |
A P J Abdul Kalam |
| The Story of My Experiments with Truth |
Mahatma Gandhi |
| My Experiments with Silence (illustrative; verify) |
(verify) |
| Long Walk to Freedom |
Nelson Mandela |
| The Audacity of Hope |
Barack Obama |