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Gur Panth Parkash
by Rattan Singh Bhangoo
Translated by
Prof Kulwant Singh

Perspectives on
The Sikh Tradition

By

Gurdev Singh

1996
(Second Edition)

Contents

S. No Chapter Name Author

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Authors

PART I – IMPRIMIS

1. Introduction GURDEV SINGH

2. Orientalism, Critical Scholarship and the Sikh Religion NOEL Q. KING

Part II
NATHISM, VAISNAVISM AND SIKHISM
A COMPARATIVE STUDY

3. Origin of Sikh Faith DALJEET SINGH

4. Nathism DALJEET SINGH

5. Vaisnavism DALJEET SINGH

6. Sikhism DALJEET SINGH

7. Comparison of Nathism, Vaisnavism and Sikhism DALJEET SINGH

Part III – BIRTH OF THE KHALSA

8. Guru Gobind Singh’s Creation of the Khalsa in 1699 HARI RAM GUPTA

PART IV – GURU GRANTH SAHIB

9. G Gobind Singh designates SGGS to be the Guru Ganda Singh

10. The Guru Granth Sahib : Guru Eternal for the Sikhs Harbans Singh

PART V – CASTE SYSTEM AND SIKHS

11. The Caste System and the Sikhs JAGJIT SINGH

I. The Caste and the Caste System

II. Three Facets of the Caste System

III. The Caste System and the Sikhs in thePeriod of Ideological Ascendency

IV.Caste System and the Sikhs in the later period

V. Conclusion

12. Inter-Caste Marriages JAGJIT SINGH

PART VI
THE MILITARIZATION OF THE SIKH MOVEMENT

13. The Militarization of Sikh Movement JAGJIT SINGH

I. The Jats and Sikh Militarization

II. Winder Context