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Six years of preparation, written out in full.

Everything I wrote while preparing for the UPSC — subject notes, general studies, history optional, essays and prelims facts. No sign-in, no paywall. Start anywhere.

546: Notes across 15 sections
952K: Words written
146: Reference PDFs
2019→: Maintained since

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Ancient history

Begin at the sources — how we know what we know about early India.

96 notes → revising

Prelims facts

Dense, scannable fact sheets built for the last few weeks before the exam.

14 notes → by subject

Environment

The deepest of the five subject areas — ecology, biodiversity, climate.

41 notes →

The index

01 Subject notes 76notes Environment 41 · Economy 17 · Geography 13 · Science & tech 3 · Art & culture 2 02 Prelims 14notes Fact sheets and current-affairs compilations 03 Essay 5notes Topic banks, openings and conclusions 04 General studies I 9notes Culture, history, geography, society 05 General studies II 20notes Polity, governance, international relations 06 General studies III 15notes Economy, environment, security, technology 07 General studies IV 36notes Ethics, integrity and aptitude — case studies included 08.1 Ancient history 96notes History optional — sources to the early medieval 08.2 Medieval India 72notes 750–1200 AD onward 08.3 Modern history 112notes The largest section — European penetration to independence 08.4 World history 39notes Enlightenment, revolutions, the modern world 08.5 Past paper analysis 4notes Worked answers to recent history optional papers 09 Web clippings 11notes Articles kept for reference, with my annotations 10 Knowledge dump 19notes Everything that did not fit a section yet 11 Books 18notes Chapter-by-chapter notes from standard texts

Reference material

— Attachments 146PDFs Source documents, reports and NCERT scans — Diagrams 27drawings Hand-drawn maps, flows and timelines — Mock test analysis 1note What went wrong, and what I changed after