Max Arthur Macauliffe was a senior Sikh-British administrator, prolific scholar and author. Macauliffe is renowned for his translation of Sikh scripture and history into English. He also wrote a rendition, English translation of the Sacred scriptures of the Sikh religion, theShri Guru Granth Sahib Ji. He also wrote The Sikh Religion: its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors (six volumes, Oxford University Press, 1909). He was assisted in his works by Giani Pratap Singh a Sikh scholar.