xiv, 286 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations, maps 24 cm
Type:
Books
History
Date:
2020
Contents:
To be a Sikh king -- New dynasty, new empire -- All the world's a stage -- After the lion : writing the story of Ranjit Singh's heirs -- The boy-king, the rebel queen and the British empire
Summary:
Priya Atwal shines a fresh light on the long-lost kingdom, the Sikh Empire, that fused Sikh, Mighal and European ideas of power but ultimately fell to its great rival in the new India, the British
