Journal of a Cavalry Officer; Including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-1846

Journal of a Cavalry Officer; Including the Memorable Sikh Campaign of 1845-1846 is a biography by W. W. W. Humbley. Excerpt: "Samana contains a large brick-built fort; it appears at one time to have been very strong, but is now falling to decay. There are many of these forts, and their origin is long anterior to 1809, when the British obtained possession of the protected Sikh states. They were built by Runjeet Singh, when he was lord and master of the country on the left bank of the Sutlej, governing, in fact, the whole district between the Jumna and the Sutlej. At that time he fortified all the towns and villages, to defend not only the inhabitants against the attacks of their neighbours, but also to prevent the cattle sheltered under the walls, from being carried off by marauders."