Maharaja Ranjit Singh Polity, Economy & Society By J.S.Grewal.

Hard Bound, 112 Pages, 

The twenty-one contributions to this volume are revised versions of essays published by Guru Nanak Dev University in the 1980s. They bring out the processes of conquest and consolidation, diplomatic relations, ad­ministrative organization and functioning, patronage of religion and art, economic life and urbanization, agrarian society and social mobility under Maharaja Ranjit Singh. About a fourth of the essays analyse some of the major sources and literary works of his reign and two reflect on its historiography. Altogether, they provide a rather rich and full view of the Maharaja and his times.