sentences:  The first half of the 19th-century saw Sikhs rise to power with the Sikh Empire under Ranjit Singh.This strength was deeply admired and cherished by Sikhs, but this era also marked a general decline in religious and moral fervour in Sikhism.Ranjit Singh, the Sikh court and nobility were seen drifting towards a life of alcoholism and licentiousness, along with a demoralisation of the Sikh ethos.