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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/landfiveriversa01rossgoog#page/n5/mode/2up ''The Land of the Five Rivers and Sindh: Sketches Historical and Descriptive''] by David Ross 1883 Archive.org. Note that page 1 (at least) is missing, which may be obtained from this [http://www.archive.org/stream/landfiveriversa00rossgoog#page/n12/mode/2up link]
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.552097 ''The Grand Trunk Road In The Punjab 1849-1886''] Punjab Government Record Office Publications Monograph No.1 by KM Sarkar First published 1926. Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/35368 ''Routes In The Bengal And Punjab Commands''] Revised Edition 1900. [Quarter] Master General Of India. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35368 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
*[http://archive.org/stream/thirtyfiveyearsi00elsm#page/n7/mode/2up ''Thirty-five years in the Punjab, 1858-1893''] by G. R. Elsmie. "The last Haileybury Civilian who worked in that Province" 1908 Archive.org
*Many ''Punjab District Gazetteers'' and ''Punjab States Gazetteers'' are available on Archive.org as pdf downloadsmirror editions, originally from Digital Library of India, many of which also have mirror editions available on Archive.org. See [[Gazetteers]] for details.*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/105551 ''Imperial Gazetteer of India Provincial Series: Punjab Volume I''] 1908. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.105551 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.
:[http://archive.org/stream/imperialgazette05unkngoog#page/n4/mode/2up ''Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series Punjab Volume II The Lahore, Rawalpindi and Multan Divisions and Native States''] 1908 Archive.org
*[http://panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp Panjab Digital Library]. It is necessary to register to read more than the first few pages of each book.
**The collection includes a number of [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp?CategoryID=1&Searched=Gazetteer&x=16&y=12 ''Punjab District Gazetteers''] (The spelling also includes [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp?CategoryID=1&Searched=Gazeteer&x=20&y=9 Gazeteer]/ [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp?CategoryID=1&Searched=Gazetter&typebox=1 Gazetter]/ [http://www.panjabdigilib.org/webuser/searches/mainpage.jsp?CategoryID=1&Searched=Gazeetter&x=13&y=9 Gazeetter])
*[http://www.apnaorg.com/books/e-booklist.shtml Academy of the Punjab in North America: English language books online].
*''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849'' by C. Grey first published in 1929 may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website, in TIFF format, or as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/62849 pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62849 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. It is also available to [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1929-european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-1849-by-grey-and-garrett-s-pdf/ download as a pdf] from [[Online books#Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset|Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset]]. A description of the book says “This is a record of the adventurers, buccaneers, buffoons and entrepeneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.”<ref>[http://www.naval-military-press.com/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849.html Naval and Military Press]</ref> Read more about the book in this link from [https://web.archive.org/web/20170909165956/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/historical-events/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-india The Sikh Encyclopedia], now archived. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times.
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=V2AoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR3 ''The rifle in Cashmere : a narrative of shooting expeditions in Ladak, Cashmere, Punjaub, etc., with advice on travelling, shooting, and stalking : to which are added notes on army reform and Indian politics''] by Arthur Brinckman, late of HM’s 94th Regt. 1862 Google Books
*[https://archive.org/details/himalayandistri02harcgoog ''Himalayan Districts Of Kooloo, Lahoul, And Spiti''] by Capt. A F P Harcourt, Bengal Staff Corps, Assistant Commissioner Punjab. 1871 Archive.org. Lacks the illustrations. Also available as a [httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.ernet.dli.ernet2015.in/handle/2015/33518 pdf downloadArchive.org mirror version], originally from Digital Library of India, but noting the 2006 digitisation date, the illustrations (if any) may be of poor quality. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33518 Archive.org mirror version]. A 2014 digitised file (1874 edition) is available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1874-himalayan-districts-of-kooloo-lahoul-and-spiti-by-harcourt-pdf/ pdf download], with a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1871-the-himalayan-districts-of-kooloo-lahoul-and-spiti-by-harcourt-s-pdf/ 1871 edition], both from Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Kulu (Kooloo), Punjab is situated in the hills between Kashmir and Simla.
*[http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b52048?urlappend=%3Bseq=11 ''Vazeeri Rupi, the silver country of the Vazeers, in Kulu: its beauties, antiquities, and silver mines. Including a trip over the lower Himalayah range and glaciers. With numerous illustrations''] by J. Calvert. 2nd Edition 1873 Hathi Trust. Also available as a [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1873-vazeeri-rupi-in-kulu-its-beauties-antiquities-and-silver-mines-by-calvert-s-pdf/ pdf download] Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Kulu (Kooloo), Punjab is situated in the hills between Kashmir and Simla.
*[https://archive.org/details/highlandsindia01newagoog ''The Highlands of India Strategically Considered''] by Major General D J F Newall R A (Bengal retired) 1882 Archive.org
:[https://archive.org/details/lettersfromindia00wilsuoft ''Letters from India''] by Lady Wilson (A C Macleod) [Anne Campbell] 1911 Archive.org
*[https://www.wdl.org/en/item/9704 ''Panjabi Grammar: A Brief Grammar of Panjabi As Spoken in the Wazirabad District''] by Thomas Grahame Bailey 1904 World Digital Library/Library of Congress. Click on image to read the book online.
*''Selections from the Punjab Government Records''. Edited by A. Raynor and H. R. Goulding c 1911. Pdf downloads Mirror versions from Archive.org, originally from Digital Library of India, with mirror versions from Archive.org.**vol. 1. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529192 ''Records Of The Delhi Residency And Agency Vol.1''] 1911. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529192 Archive.org version].**vol. 2. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/63194 ''Records Of The Ludhiana Agency Vol.ii''] 1911. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.63194 Archive.org version].**vol. 3. ''Political Diaries of the Agent to the Governor-General, North-West Frontier and Resident at Lahore [Sir Henry Lawrence]. From 1st January 1847 to 4th March, 1848''. 1909. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529193 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529193 Archive.org version].**vol. 4. ''Journals and Diaries of the Assistants to the Agent, Governor-General, North-West Frontier, and Resident at Lahore, 1846-1849''. [By James Abbott, George St. P. Lawrence and others.] 1911. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529194 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529194 Archive.org version].**vol. 5. ''Political Diaries of Lieut. H. B. Edwardes, Assistant to the Resident at Lahore, 1847-1849''. 1911. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529196 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529196 Archive.org version].**vol. 6. ''Political Diaries of Lieutenant Reynell G. Taylor, Mr. P. Sandys Melvill [and others] ... 1847-1849.'' 1915. [httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.dligov.ernetignca.in/handle10813/2015page/103321 n7 Pdf downloadArchive.org version](from Archaeological Survey of India) **vol. 7. ''Mutiny Records. Correspondence''. 2 pt. 1911. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281777 ''Mutiny Records Correspondence In Two Part Part I 1911'': Probably Volume 7], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281777 Archive.org version]. [httphttps://wwwarchive.neworg/details/in.dligov.ernetignca.in10817/handlepage/2015/103324 n7 ''Mutiny Records Correspondence Vol.7 Pt.2 1911''] Archive.org.**vol. 8. ''Mutiny Records. Reports''. 2 pt. 1911. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529198 ''Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8; Pt.1 1911''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529198 Archive.org version]; [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/529197 ''Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8; Pt.2''], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.529197 Archive.org version].**vol. 9. ''Selections from Note-Books kept by Captain G. Birch, Assistant to Agent to the Governor-General, Karnal Agency, 1818-1821''.1921. [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281915 Pdf download]. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281915 Archive.org version].
*''A Glossary of the Tribes and Castes of Punjab and North-West Frontier Province'' by H A Rose 1911-1919. Volumes 1 and 3 pdf downloads Pahar-Mountains of Central Asia Digital Dataset. Volume 2 Archive.org.
:[http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1919-glossary-of-the-tribes-and-castes-of-north-west-frontier-provinces-vol-1-by-rose-reprint-s-pdf/ Volume 1] (1919 reprint); [https://archive.org/details/glossaryoftribes03rose Vol 2 A – K] 1911 ; [http://pahar.in/wpfb-file/1914-glossary-of-tribes-and-castes-of-punjab-and-north-west-frontier-province-vol-3-l-z-by-rose-s-pdf/ Volume 3 L – Z with appendices A -L] 1914.
*''Turmoil and Tragedy in India, 1914 and After'' by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn 1935 is available as a [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667 pdf download] Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.177667 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India. It is catalogued as ''Turmoil The Tragedy In India 1914''.
*[https://archive.org/details/provincialgeogra01holluoft ''The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province and Kashmir''] by Sir James Douie 1916 Archive.org. A volume in the series ''Provincial Geographies of India''.
*[https://archive.org/details/sikhsofpunjab00parruoft ''The Sikhs of the Punjab''] by R E Parry late Indian Army Reserve of Officers; sometime Acting Captain and adjutant 2/15th Ludhiana Sikhs. Sometime attached 35th Sikhs. [1921] Archive.org. Includes [https://archive.org/stream/sikhsofpunjab00parruoft#page/104/mode/2up Chapter VI Recruiting Methods] page 104.
*[https://archive.org/details/ape9901.0001.001.umich.edu ''Report: Disorders Inquiry Committee 1919-1920''] Archive.org. Also published 1920 by HMSO under the title ''East India (disturbances in the Punjab, etc.) : report of the committee appointed by the Government of India to investigate the disturbances in the Punjab''
:[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d00850875e?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 ''Evidence taken before the Disorders Inquiry Committee: Volume V: Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lyallpur and Punjab Provincial''] HathiTrust Digital Library. [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011930458 Vol.1 - Delhi; Vol.2 - Bombay Presidency; Vol.3 - Amritsar; Vol.4 - Lahore and Kasur] HathiTrust Digital Library accessible by those in regions such as North America. Volumes 6 and 7 (confidential, 1920 British Library IOR/V/26/262/8-9) were first unrestrictedly published in 1975.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/59323 ''Kapurthala State Its Past And Present''] 1921. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59323 Archive.org version]., mirror from Digital Library of India
*''History Of The Panjab Hill States'' by J Hutchison (John) and S E J P Vogel (Jean Philippe) 1933. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.63214 Volume I], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.503167 Volume II] Archive.org.
*Industry and Industrial Arts series of Monographs
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70499 ''Monograph On Ivory Carving In The Punjab 1900''] 1900 Archive.org, Digital Library of India Collection.
**[http://dspace.gipe.ac.in/xmlui/handle/10973/35146 ''Monograph on Stone-carving and In-laying in the Punjab, 1904-05''] 1906. Pdf download, Digital Repository of GIPE Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics [Pune].
*Fiction
**[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.282843 ''Some Passages In The Life Of An Adventurer In The Punjab''] Printed at Delhi 1842. Easier to read, but missing at least 2 pages, compared to [https://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.14891/page/n3 version 2] Both Archive.org.
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