Ranjit Singh: Maharaja of the Punjab

From being a petty chieftain to becoming the most powerful Indian ruler of his time, Ranjit Singh's empire extended from Tibet to the deserts of Sindh and from the Khyber Pass to the Sutlej. His army was one of the most powerful of the time in Asia and was the first Indian force in a thousand years to stem the tides of invasion from the north-west frontiers of Hindustan.
In this first detailed biography of the first and only Sikh ruler of the Punjab, Khushwant Singh presents Ranjit Singh as he really was. Based on Persian, Punjabi and English sources, and drawing upon the diaries and accounts of European travellers, this is a memorable account of the pageantry and brilliance of the Sikh kingdom at the height of its power, and a lively portrait of one of the most colourful characters in Indian history.

• Zafarnama
• The Making of the Sikh Empire
• A History of the Sikhs, Volume 1: 1469-1839
• Empire of the Sikhs: Revised edition
• Train To Pakistan
• Indian Summer: The Secret History of the End of an Empire
• India: A History
• The Book of Nanak
• Inglorious Empire: what the British did to India
• The First and Second Sikh Wars: An Official British Army History