History of the Sikhs: From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej
Cunningham, Joseph Davey
Price :
US$ 30.89
PRODUCT DETAILS
Book ID : 12811
ISBN-10 : 81-7167-787-8 / 8171677878
ISBN-13 : 978-81-7167-787-0 / 9788171677870
Place
of Publication :
Delhi
Year
of Publication :
2002
Edition :
Langauage : English
xliii, 474p., Map, App., 23 cm.
CONTENTS
CONTENTS:- 1. The country and people; 2. Old Indian creeds-modern reforms and the teaching of Nanuk; 3. The Sikh Gooroos or teachers, and the modification of Sikhism under Govind; 4. The establishment of Sikh independence; 5. From the independence of the Sikhs to the ascendancy of Runjeet Singh and the alliance with the English; 6. From the supremacy of Runjeet Singh to the reduction of Mooltan, Cashmeer, and Peshawur; 7. From the acquisition of Mooltan, Cashmeer, and Peshawur to the death of Runjeet Singh; 8. From the death of Muharaja Runjeet Singh to the death of Vuzeer Jowahir Singh; 9. The war with the English;
DESCRIPTION
History of the Sikhs by Joseph Davey Cunningham still remains a pioneer in the field of Punjab historiography. The book is most authoritative for the period, which he has reconstructed with imagination, sympathy and consummate skill. Cunningham has made a fundamental contribution to historical knowledge.
