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9780199463541

The Eighteenth Century in Sikh History Political Resurgence, Religious and Social Life, and Cultural Articulation

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  • ISBN13:

    9780199463541

  • ISBN10:

    0199463549

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2017-01-01
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
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List Price: $80.00

Author Biography


Karamjit K. Malhotra is Assistant Professor in the Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala.

Table of Contents


List of Figures ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Introduction: Scope, Sources, and Debate about Dates 1
Part I Sikh Political Resurgence and Sikh Polity
1. 'R=aj Kareg=a Kh=als=a' 19
2. The Khalsa R=aj (1765-99) 59
Part II Religious and Social Life
3. God, Guru, and Gurdw=ar=a 101
4. Rites and Ceremonies 142
5. Ethical Concerns of the Khalsa 170
6. The Sikh Social Order: Composition, Caste, and Gender 192
Part III Cultural Articulation
7. The Old and New Literary Forms 233
8. Painting and Architecture 256
Conclusion: Convergence on Sikh Identity 281
Appendix: The Goddess in Eighteenth-Century Sikh Literature 290
Glossary 301
Select Bibliography 313
Index 329
About the Author 342

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