India - important Map of India - 1849 the last year of Sikh Empire. A German Map of India published in 1849 identifying the Sikh Empire (Sikhs on map underlined in red). The Sikh empire collapsed in 1849 after a series of hard fought wars against the British, Diwan Raj of Mooltan was defeated and Maharajah Duleep Singh surrendered to the British. One of the very few Maps published in the last year of the Sikh empire in 1849. Reverse is an article on the subject of Lahore and Maharajah Ranjit Singh. Measures approx 25cm by 17.5cm, scarce