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==External links==
*Europeans in Sikh History from [http://www.allaboutsikhs.com/british/europeans-in-sikh-history All About Sikhs]
*European adventurers, scholars and officials from [http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/75/european-adventurers-scholars-and-officials The Sikh Encyclopedia]*''European Adventurers Of Northern India 1785 to 1849'' by C. Grey first published in 1929 reprinted in 2009 by [http://www.naval-military-press.com/european-adventurers-of-northern-india-1785-to-1849.html Naval and Military Press], which 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.” Read more about the book in this link from [http://thesikhencyclopedia.com/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-india.html?directory=1 The Sikh Encyclopedia]. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times. Also available in [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC Preview Google Books] with [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC&pg=PT54 Index] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=S8AN0-cO-RYC&pg=PT52 Bibliography], and may be read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
*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===
*''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. It is also available to 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 [http://www.thesikhencyclopedia.com/historical-events/the-british-and-sikhs-1849-1947/european-adventurers-of-northern-india The Sikh Encyclopedia]. It contains biographical sketches of over one hundred Europeans who came to or served in the Punjab during Sikh times.
===Recommended Reading ===
*[http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Biographies_reading_list The Maharajah’s Box by Christy Campbell] . The story of Duleep Singh, last King of the Sikhs, and his attempts to regain his Kingdom.
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