History of the Sikhs

In the History of the Sikhs the author not only provides fascinating details about the Sikhs but also displays his penchant for minute observations on subjects as varied as the saffron and shawls of Cashmeer (Kashmir) to the Dogras and Kunnets of the Himalayas. The book traces the birth and rise of Sikhism and records Punjab's history in the context of the geo-political situation prevailing during the crucial period in the nineteenth century.

In A History of the Sikhs, published in 1849, Joseph Davey Cunningham (1812-1851), a British official in India, draws from his eight years living in the Punjab and puts together a comprehensive history of the Sikh people, from their earliest times to their war with the British (1845-1846).