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A History Of The Sikhs (Volume I: 1469-1839)
Author: Khushwant Singh
ISBN: 9780195673081
Binding: Paper Back
Publishing Year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Number of Pages: 407
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INR 550.00
About Book
First published in 1963, this remains the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the Sikhs. The new edition updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of national life. Written in Khushwant Singh's trademark style to be accessible to a general, non-scholarly audience, the book is based on scholarly archival research. Volume 1: 1469-1839: This volume covers the social, religious and political background which led to the formation of the Sikh faith in the fifteenth century. Basing his account on original documents in Persian, Gurmukhi and English, the author traces the growth of Sikhism and tells of the compilation of its sacred scriptures in the Granth Sahib. The transformation of the Sikhs from a pacifist sect to a militant group called the Khasla led by Guru Gobind Singh is portrayed in detail, as is the relationship of the Sikhs with the Mughals and the Afghans, until the consolidation of Sikh power under Maharaja Ranjit Singh.
About Author
Khushwant Singh Renowned journalist, the author of several works of fiction, and an authority on Sikh history.
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