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*Europeans in Sikh History  from [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/british/europeans-in-sikh-history  All About Sikhs]
*Europeans in Sikh History  from [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/british/europeans-in-sikh-history  All About Sikhs]
*European adventurers, scholars and officials from [https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials The Sikh Encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170710181245/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/75/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials Equivalent page] from  an earlier website, now archived, which some may find easier to navigate.
*European adventurers, scholars and officials from [https://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials The Sikh Encyclopedia]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170710181245/http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/75/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials Equivalent page] from  an earlier website, now archived, which some may find easier to navigate.
*Dramatis Personae of the History and Exploration of the Greater Himalaya, Karakoram, Pamirs, Hindu-Kush, Tibet, Afghanistan, High Tartary and Surrounding Territories, up to 1921 from [http://www.billbuxton.com/dramatis.html BillBuxton.com]
 


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
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*[http://www.archive.org/details/aparticularacco00goog ''A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803''] by Herbert Compton (1893)  Includes  George Thomas. Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/details/aparticularacco00goog ''A Particular Account of the European Adventurers of Hindustan 1784 to 1803''] by Herbert Compton (1893)  Includes  George Thomas. Archive.org
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/hindustanunderf01keengoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Hindustan Under Free Lances, 1770-1820: Sketches of Military Adventure in Hindustan''] by Henry George Keene 1907 Archive.org.  Includes  George Thomas.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/hindustanunderf01keengoog#page/n10/mode/1up ''Hindustan Under Free Lances, 1770-1820: Sketches of Military Adventure in Hindustan''] by Henry George Keene 1907 Archive.org.  Includes  George Thomas.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/14971 ''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849''] by C. Grey first published in 1929 . Pdf download,  Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.14971  Archive.org mirror version]. 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 file]  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-indiaThe Sikh Encyclopedia], now an archived webpage. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62849/page/n1/mode/2up ''European Adventurers of Northern India 1785 to 1849''] by C. Grey [Charles] first published in 1929. Archive.org, mirror from Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.7272/page/n1/mode/2up 2nd file, Archive.org].   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 file]  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 entrepreneurs who cut a swathe through the heart of the Raj, before and during the golden age of British-ruled India.”<ref>[https://www.naval-military-press.com/product/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849/ 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-indiaThe Sikh Encyclopedia], now an archived webpage. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times.
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiertraveller00gardiala ''Soldier and traveller; memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh''] [1785-1877] edited by Major Hugh Pearse 1898 Archive.org. [https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/the-fantastic-adventures-of-the-tartan-turbaned-colonel/# "The fantastic adventures of the tartan-turbaned colonel"] by William Dalrymple 13 May 2017 ''The Spectator''.
:For other books by Charles Grey, see [[Maritime Service#Historical books online|Maritime Service]]
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/533458 ''European Freebooters In Moghul India''] by Lester Hutchinson 1964, Pdf download, Digital Library of India. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533458  Archive.org mirror version]. For some editions, the full title has the additional wording ''[With special reference to Walter R. Sombre, George Thomas and Benoît de Boigne]''
*[https://archive.org/details/soldiertraveller00gardiala ''Soldier and traveller; memoirs of Alexander Gardner, Colonel of Artillery in the service of Maharaja Ranjit Singh''] [1785-1877] edited by Major Hugh Pearse 1898 Archive.org. [https://web.archive.org/web/20181215153319/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2017/05/the-fantastic-adventures-of-the-tartan-turbaned-colonel/ "The fantastic adventures of the tartan-turbaned colonel"] by William Dalrymple 13 May 2017 ''The Spectator'', archived.
*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.533458 ''European Freebooters In Moghul India''] by Lester Hutchinson 1964. Archive.org mirror version from Digital Library of India. For some editions, the full title has the additional wording ''[With special reference to Walter R. Sombre, George Thomas and Benoît de Boigne]''


===Recommended Reading ===
===Recommended Reading ===
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Historical books online

For other books by Charles Grey, see Maritime Service

Recommended Reading

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