Lahore during the Raj was a prosperous and cosmopolitan place, where many communities lived together and there was a constant flow of goods, people and ideas. In the Mughal era, the city’s strategic location at the junction of roads to Kabul, Multan, Kashmir and Delhi made it a seat of power, and poets, artists and traders flocked there for patronage from the royal court. The city expended under the Sikhs as well, and with the annexation of Punjab by the British, Lahore entered a new phase. Lahore in the Time of the Raj tells the story of that glittering city – memories of which still linger on both sides of the border.