Mann also showed some slides of early Guru Granth Sahib Manuscripts which could now be found in the UK. He finished off his presentation by stating that the auctioning of Sikh history had reached astonishing levels in the west.
[VIDEO] British Military Academy Sandhurst holds aspects of Sikh history that you may be interested to watch. A look at the Anglo-Sikh wars with newly exposed artifacts.
Mullocks Auction house will be holding another auction relevant to Punjab and Sikhism. The house has for sale numerous important books, letters, drawings and other artefacts related to Sikh and Punjab heritage.
Another Mulllocks auction of Sikh and Punjab artefacts shows the British motivations of manipulating the boy King Maharajah Duleep Singh. According to Sikh historian Gurinder Singh Mann, "some of these rare artefacts shows the plethora of relics which exist in private collections throughout the UK, They are slowly coming to the surface in auctions like that of Mullocks"
What is claimed to be the last portrait painted during his lifetime by the official court artist of the great Emperor of Punjab, Maharajah Ranjit Singh, goes under the hammer later this month. The superb miniature portrait was painted on ivory set in white gold brooch, also inscribed on gold - ‘Runjeet Singh'. It shows the aging Maharajah looking serious in his full regalia.
Men were packed in the ship like sardines in a tin... They were crossing a vast ocean... Amidst this group of men...., led by one who reverently carried on his head a small cot, on which sat what looked like a big book, richly draped.
Amongst the treasures in London’s British Library lie a remarkable collection of personal effects that tell an extraordinary story from the last days of Sikh sovereignty in Punjab.
