Osprey Men-at-Arms №421. Ian Heath. The Sikh Army 1799-1849

Osprey Publishing, 2005. — 51 p. — ISBN: 1841767778.Unifying the feudal rulers under his authority, the conquering Maharaja Ranjit Singh pursued campaigns of expansion for nearly 40 years, creating for the purpose a new regular army on the Western model. His death in 1839 found the frontiers of Sikh and British power in confrontation; in the 1840s the inevitable trial of strength brought British crown and East India Company troops into battle against the most formidable Indian army they ever faced.