Suggested Gujarati Books for IAS

PAPER - I

Section-A

Gujarati Language : Form and History

1. History of Gujarati Language with special reference to New Indo-Aryan i.e. last one thousand years.
2. Significant features of the Gujarati language: Phonology, morphology and syntax.
3. Major dialects: Surti, Pattani, charotari and Saurashtri.

History of Gujarati Literature

Medieval :

4. Jaina tradition
5. Bhakti tradition: Sagun and Nirgun (Jnanmargi)
6. Non-sectarian tradition (Laukik parampara)

Modern:

7. Sudharak yug
8. Pandit yug Buy Now
9. Gandhi yug Buy Now
10. Anu-Gandhi yug
11. Adhunik yug Buy Now

Section-B

Literary Forms : (Salient features, history and development of the following literary forms):

(a) Medieval

12. Narratives: Rasa, Akhyan and Padyavarta
13. Lyrical: Pada

(b) Folk

14. Bhavai

(c) Modern

15. Fiction: Novel and short story
16. Drama
17. Literary Essay
18. Lyrical Poetry

(d) Criticism

19. History of theoretical Gujarati criticism
20. Recent research in folk tradition

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PAPER - II

Section-A

1. Medieval

21. Vasantvilas phagu-Ajnatkrut
22. Farbus-Virah- Raman Soni Buy Now
23. Sudamacharitra-Premanand Buy Now
24. Chandra Chandravati Varta - Hira Ramanlal Pathak Buy Now
25. Akhe gita-Akha Bhagat Buy Now

2. Sudharakyug & Pandityug

26. Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave Buy Now
27. Bhakti tradition: Sagun and Nirgun (Manju Dwivedi) Buy Now
28. Sarasvatichandra-Part-I Govardhanram Tripathi Buy Now
29. Purvalap- 'Kant' (Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt) Buy Now
30. Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Nilkanth Buy Now

Section-B

1. Gandhiyug & Anu Gandhiyug

31. Hind Swaraj-Mohandas Kar-machand Gandhi Buy Now
32. Patanni Prabhuta- Kanhaiyalal Munshi Buy Now
33. Kavyani Shakti- Ramnarayan Vish-wanath Pathak
34. Saurashtrani Rasdhar Part 1- Zaver-chand Meghani Buy Now
35. Manvini Bhavai-Pannalal Patel Buy Now
36. Dhwani-Rajendra Shah Buy Now

2. Adhunik yug

37. Saptapadi-Umashankar Joshi Buy Now
38. Janantike- Suresh Joshi
39. Ashwathama- Sitanshu Yash-Aschandra Buy Now

PAPER - I

1. Arvachin Sahityano Itihas - Pro. Ramesh Trivedi Buy Now
2. Madhyakalin Gujarati Sahityano Itihas - Pro. Ramesh Trivedi Buy Now
3. Gujarati Sahityani Vikas Rekha (Part 1 to 5) - Dr. Dhirubhai Thakkar Buy Now
4. Gujarati Sahityano Itihas (Part 1 to 4) - Prasad Brahmbhatt Buy Now
5. Gujarati Dhvani Vyavsthani Vicharna - Pro. Pinkiben Shah
6. Gujarati Bhashanu Vyakran - Dr. Yogendra Vyas Buy Now
7. Boli Vigyan ane Gujarati Bolio - Dr. Yogendra Vyas
8. Bhasha Vigyan - Jayant Kothari
9. Bhashaparichay Ane Gujarati Bhashanu Swaroop - Jayant Kothari Buy Now
10. Bar Sahitya Swaroop - Paras Brahmbhatt

PAPER - II

11. Vasantvilas Fagu - AgyanKruti
12. Kadambari - Banabhatta & Manish Gupta Buy Now
13. Sudama Charitra - Premanand Bhatt Buy Now
14. Chandra Chandravati Varta - Hira Ramanlal Pathak Buy Now
15. Akhe gita-Akha Bhagat Buy Now
16. Mari Hakikat-Narmadashankar Dave Buy Now
17. Farbus-Virah- Raman Soni Buy Now
18. Sarasvatichandra-Part-I Govardhanram Tripathi Buy Now
19. Purvalap- 'Kant' (Manishankar Ratnaji Bhatt) Buy Now
20. Raino Parvat-Ramanbhai Nilkanth Buy Now
21. Hind Swaraj - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi Buy Now
22. Patan ni Prabhuta - Kanaiyalal Munshi Buy Now
23. Sheshna Kavyo - RamNarayan Vishwanath Pathak Buy Now
24. Saurashtra ni Rasdhaar (Part - 1) - Zaverchand Meghani Buy Now
25. Manvi ni Bhavai - Pannalal Patel Buy Now
26. Dhwani-Rajendra Shah Buy Now
27. Saptapadi - UmaShankar Joshi Buy Now
28. Janantike - Suresh Joshi
29. Ashvathama- Sitanshu Yash-Aschandra Buy Now