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and wanted to pass him over in the success 
In the struggle which ensued, no decisive success was secured 
by either side and the Sikhs ultimately withdrew. es ee 
next inroad occurred in 1782 under Maha Singh Sukarchakia, 
the father of Ranjit Singh. By this time Ranjit Dev was dead. 
* * * The city of Jammu was plundered and burnt and 
the country laid waste, and this was followed by a dreadful 
famine which caused much distress.”” (‘ The Panjab Hill States * 
in Journal of the Panjab Historical Society, (1914), Vol. II, 
Ranjit Dev, was at variance with his elder son, Brajraj Dev, 
A aging ia 
sought the protection of the Sicques.” (Op. cit, 1, 247-8.) 
The compiler of the article on Sialkot on the ‘ Imperial 
Gazetteer’ asserts that Ranjit Dev died in 1773 A.C. (Op. Cit. 
XXII, 328). Cunningham declares that the event occurred in 
1770. (‘ History of the Sikhs,’ Ed. Garrett, 1918, p. 115 note). 
Dr. Vogel, who has recently devoted considerable attention to the 
history of the Panjab Hill States and had the advantage of 
examining their archives, implies that Ranjit Dev was alive in 
1774, and died only in 1781. ‘‘ Amrit Pal reasserted the claim 
1781). In another Tankari document from the same source, 
dated 18th Bhadon, 8. 59 (A.D. 1783), we find the same 
statement.” ‘History of Basohli State in Journal, Panjab 
