Sikhs In The Eighteenth Century

by: Surjit Singh Gandhi (Principal)


  • ₹ 500.00 (INR)

  • ₹ 425.00 (INR)
  • Hardback
  • ISBN: 81-7205-217-0
  • Edition(s): Jan-1999 / 1st
  • Pages: 741
  • Availability: In stock
The work offers an enquiry and insight into the content and course of struggle of the Sikh people for identity, assertion and sovereignty in the eighteenth century. The author has identified the impulses leavening the struggle, besides detailing the repressive measures adopted first by the Mughal rulers and then by Afghans. He also undertook an exploration of the remarkable tractability of the Sikh institution, the configuration of Sikh mind, its responsiveness and creativeness to evolve new strategies and new institutions such as Misaldari system, Dal Khalsa and Sarbat Khalsa et al. The book also evaluates the impact of the struggle on Sikhism: in what respects it proved beneficial for Sikhism and in what respects it had adverse effects on it.

A Violent Response Establishment Of Sikh State

  • Banda Bahadur / 25
  • Abdus Samad Khan / 75
  • Zakariyan Khan / 88
  • Yahiya Khan and Shah Nawaz Khan and Sikh Movement / 128
  • Muin-ul-Mulk (Mir Mannu) / 172
  • Mughlani Begam / 198
  • Punjab under Timur Shah / 216
  • Adina Beg and Maratha Supremacy in the Punjab / 229
  • Dissolution of Maratha Paramountcy in the Punjab / 249
  • Sikh-Afghan Contest for the Sovereignty of the Punjab / 270
  • The Conquest of Sirhind Province / 280
  • Sikh-Afghan Contest / 297

 

Misl Polity And Organisation

  • Misl Polity and Organisation / 327
  • The Sikh Misls / 387
  • Sikh Principalities in the Later half of Eighteenth Century / 516
  • The Sikhs and Indo-Gangetic Doab / 535
  • Shah Zaman’s Invasions on Punjab / 582
  • Maratha-Sikh Relations / 588
  • British Imperialism and the Sikhs / 612

 

What Happened To Sikhism

  • Sikh Heroism – Concept and Tradition / 625
  • Martyrdom / 638
  • Primacy of Golden Temple and Amritsar / 649
  • Sikh Prayer / 657
  • Political Ideals and Behaviour / 664
  • Configuration of Sikh Society Emergence of New Caste Hierarchy / 675
  • Gurdwara / 687
  • Sikh Religious Orders / 696
  • Land Tenures, their Impact on the State Policies / 703

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