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*''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849'' by C. Grey first published in 1929 [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 [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33518 Archive.org mirror version] originally from Digital Library of India, but noting the 2006 digitisation date, the illustrations (if any) may be of poor quality. 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. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0772/mode/2up Archive.org Pahar mirror version 1874]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0716 Archive.org Pahar mirror version, 1871]. 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. [https://archive.org/details/dli.pahar.0765 Archive.org Pahar mirror version]. 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/highlandsindia00newagoog ''The Highlands of India, Volume II, being a Chronicle of Field Sports and Travel in India''] by Major General D J F Newall R A (Bengal Retired) 1887 Archive.org
**vol. 9. ''Selections from Note-Books kept by Captain G. Birch, Assistant to Agent to the Governor-General, Karnal Agency, 1818-1821''. 1921. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.281915 Archive.org version].
:[https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.107962/page/n3/mode/2up ''Press Lists of Mutiny Papers of 1857-58 in the Punjab Secretariat''] published c 1925 (although catalogued 1857). The author appears to be HLO Garrett, Keeper of the Punjab Records at Lahore. Archive.org, Granth Sanjeevani Collection.
*''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.:[httphttps://pahararchive.inorg/wpfb-file/1919-glossary-of-the-tribes-and-castes-of-north-west-frontier-provinces-vol-1-by-rose-reprint-s-pdfdetails/ b2901086x_0001 Volume 1] (1919 reprint); [https://archive.org/details/glossaryoftribes03rose Vol .2 A – K] 1911 ; [httphttps://pahararchive.inorg/wpfb-filedetails/1914-glossary-of-tribes-and-castes-of-punjab-and-north-west-frontier-province-vol-3-l-z-by-rose-s-pdf/ Volume b2901086x_0003 Vol.3 L – Z with appendices A -L] 1914. All Archive.org.
*''Turmoil and Tragedy in India, 1914 and After'' by Lieut.-General Sir George MacMunn 1935 [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://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951p00324262w?urlappend=%3Bseq=5 ''Army. Disturbances in the Punjab. Statement by Brig.-General R E H Dyer''] Presented to Parliament HMSO 1920. HathiTrust Digital Library
*[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''
:''Evidence taken before the Disorders Inquiry Committee''. [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.109039 ''Volume IV: Lahore and Kasur'']; [https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.109050/page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume V : Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lyallpur and Punjab Provincial''], [https://hdl.handle.net/2027/umn.31951d00850875e?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Volume V HathiTrust Digital Library]; [https://archive.org/details/dli.ernet.14974 ''Evidence taken before the Disorders Inquiry Committee: Volume VVI: Gujranwala, Gujrat, Lyallpur Punjab Government and Punjab ProvincialSir Umar Hayat Khan''] HathiTrust Digital Library1920. Mainly Archive.org. :[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.
*''Punjab Unrest Before and After'' by H N Mittra [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173517/page/n3 1920 edition], [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.214674/page/n5 2nd edition 1921] Archive.org
* ''Kapurthala State Its Past And Present'' 1921. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.59323 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India
