About the Book: Maharaja Ranjit Singh: The Rise of the Sikh Empire and The
Military History of The Punjab
Ranjit Singh was the most adventurous, audacious, and sagacious ruler of the
Indian subcontinent since Chandragupta Maurya. Like the Kohinoor he wore, he was
a gem among rulers. He rose like a bright and brief firmament when India became
a part of the global colonial geopolitics. He abolished the death sentence and
created a new empire based on principles of statecraft. In the 1770s, the Punjab
was sixty-eight pieces of a wild and prosperous land inhabited by a brutal and
querulous people making a living by