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Royals and rebels : the rise and fall of the Sikh empire / Priya Atwal.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2021Description: 1 online resource (312 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour)Content type: text | still image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197554593 (ebook) :Subject(s): Punjab (India) -- Kings and rulers | Sikhs -- Kings and rulers | Punjab (India) -- History -- 18th century | Punjab (India) -- History -- 19th century | Ranjit Singh, Maharaja of the Punjab, 1780-1839
Additional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197548318DDC classification: 954.50310922 LOC classification: DS475.2.A2Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh empire stretched throughout northwestern India into Afghanistan and Tibet. Priya Atwal shines fresh light on this long-lost kingdom, looking beyond its founding father to restore the queens and princes to the story of this empire's spectacular rise and fall.
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Previously issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In late-eighteenth-century India, the glory of the Mughal emperors was fading, and ambitious newcomers seized power, changing the political map forever. Enter the legendary Maharajah Ranjit Singh, whose Sikh empire stretched throughout northwestern India into Afghanistan and Tibet. Priya Atwal shines fresh light on this long-lost kingdom, looking beyond its founding father to restore the queens and princes to the story of this empire's spectacular rise and fall.
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