A History of the Sikhs: 1469-1838First 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. |
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Contents
The Rise and Fall of Banda Bahadur | 97 |
Persecution of the Sikhs and | 115 |
Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Sikhs | 126 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | A History of the Sikhs: 1469-1838 Volume 1 of A History of the Sikhs, Khushwant Singh Volume 1 of A History of the Sikhs: 1469-1839, Khushwant Singh Oxford India Collection Oxford India paperbacks |
| Author | Khushwant Singh |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 2004 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 3 Sep 2008 |
| ISBN | 0195673085, 9780195673081 |
| Length | 436 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Asia / South / General Religion / History Religion / Sikhism |
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