The Cambridge History of India, Vol. I: Ancient India v1.c15.107

v1.c15.107

North-westward of Delhi, in the gateway between the desert and the mountains, the ground is sown over with battlefields—ancient battlefields near the Jumna, where the incoming Musalmāns overthrew the Indian resistance, and modern battlefields near the Sutlej, where advancing British power inflicted defeat upon the Sikhs. It is by no accident that Simla, the residence of the British Viceroy during half the year, is placed on the Himālayan heights above this natural seat of empire and of struggle for empire.