SIKH EMPIRE.

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Map of the Sikh Territory, and of the Protected Sikh States, in the neighbourhood of the Sutluj [sic] River. First edition; we trace copies at just three institutional libraries: British Library, Royal Geographical Society, and University of Minnesota. Dated 6 March 1846, this rare map was published less than one month after the decisive British victory at Sobraon, which concluded the First Anglo-Sikh War, and three days before the signing of the Treaty of Lahore.It is based on surveys conducted in the 1830s by Sir Claude Martine Wade (1794–1861) and Nathaniel Hodges, a sub-assistant on the Delhi Survey seconded to Wade. Wade saw extensive action in the Indian wars of the early 19th century and in 1823 became political assistant at Ludhiana, "an important post as there was no regular British representative in the Punjab proper". He became a pivotal figure in Anglo-Sikh relations and for seventeen years "was largely instrumental in maintaining harmony between the British and the Sikh governments; he gained Ranjit's confidence such as to be permitted freely to visit the Punjab at a time when it was closed to British officials" (ODNB).The map shows the protected Sikh states south of the Sutlej River, established under the Treaty of Amritsar (1809) between the East India Company and Ranjit Singh. These included Patiala, Nabha, Jind, and Faridkot. Ranjit Singh retained territory south of the Sutlej, marked in yellow, but was prevented from absorbing the protected states. Three ter

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