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**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://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/62849 pdf download]. 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 [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.
*[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 [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/33518 pdf download], Digital Library of India, but noting the 2006 digitisation date, the illustrations (if any) may be of poor quality.
**vol. 8. ''Mutiny Records. Reports''. 2 pt. 1911. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/529198 ''Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8; Pt.1 1911''], [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/529197 ''Mutiny Records Reports Vol.8; Pt.2'']
**vol. 9. ''Selections from Note-Books kept by Captain G. Birch, Assistant to Agent to the Governor-General, Karnal Agency, 1818-1821''.1921. [http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/281915 Pdf download]
*''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://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/177667 pdf download] Digital Library of India. It is catalogued as ''Turmoil The Tragedy In India 1914''.
*[http://dli.serc.iisc.ernet.in/handle/2015/59323 ''Kapurthala State Its Past And Present''] 1921. Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
