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

The eighteenth century in Sikh history stands for a political revolution in which the erstwhile peasants and...
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Author: Karamjit K. Malhotra
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Language: English
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The Eighteenth Century in Sikh History: Political Resurgence, Religious and Social Life, and Cultural Articulation by Malhotra, Karamjit K.

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

$1,406.36

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

$1,406.36
Author: Karamjit K. Malhotra
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
The eighteenth century in Sikh history stands for a political revolution in which the erstwhile peasants and artisans who had joined the Khalsa order instituted by Guru Gobind Singh replaced first the Mughal and then the Afghan authority in the province of Lahore (Punjab). Based on a wide range of contemporary sources, the present study takes a fresh look at the political processes, and explores for the first time the accompanying transformation in the religious, social, and cultural life of the Sikhs.

The aspects specifically taken up for study are the political resurgence of the Sikhs; their system of government; conception of God and the Guru; the institution of Gurdwara and the emergence of Amritsar as the premier centre of the Sikh world; rites, ceremonies, and ethics of the Khalsa; vertical and horizontal lines of demarcation among them; issues of caste and gender; literary articulation of the Sikhs; and their interest in art and architecture.

A convergence of all these developments led to the crystallization of a distinctive Sikh identity by the end of the century. In a very real sense, the eighteenth century emerges in this book as a bridge between the earlier and later history of the Sikhs.


Author: Karamjit K. Malhotra
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 01/01/2017
Pages: 794
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 8.80h x 5.80w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780199463541

About the Author

Karamjit K. Malhotra is Assistant Professor in the Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, India. She has edited a book titled The Punjab Revisited: Social Order, Economic Life, Cultural Articulation, Politics, and Partition (18th-20th Centuries), and published over a
dozen research papers on Sikh history in national and international journals. Currently, she is working on a historical analysis of the Sikh literature of the eighteenth century.



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