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Empire of the Sikhs

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"The authors of this first full-length biography of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in English make use of a variety of eye-witness accounts, from reports by Maratha spies at the Lahore Durbar to British parliamentary papers and travel accounts. The story ends …

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"The authors of this first full-length biography of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in English make use of a variety of eye-witness accounts, from reports by Maratha spies at the Lahore Durbar to British parliamentary papers and travel accounts. The story ends with the controversial Anglo-Sikh Wars following Ranjit's death, which saw the fall of his empire in the hands of successors whose internecine conflict was exploited by the British."--Jacket.

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""The authors of this first full-length biography of Maharaja Ranjit Singh in English make use of a variety of eye-witness accounts, from reports by Maratha spies at the Lahore Durbar …"

— Margaret

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