Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order: From Guru Nanak to Maharja Ranjit Singh

Sikh Ideology, Polity and Social Order: From Guru Nanak to Maharja Ranjit Singh

By- J.S. Grewal

This book is the fourth ‘incarnation’ of essays published in 1972. A slightly revised edition appeared in 1982, and an enlarged one in 1996. The present edition is much enlarged and thoroughly revised.

In many of these essays the author has analysed contemporary works of history and literature and all other essays are based strictly on contemporary evidence. In the volume as a whole Sikh ideology, polity and social order are seen from various perspectives to illuminate their inter-relationship in all its richness and complexity.

A variety of sources in Punjabi, Persian and English are used in these essays with reference to the ‘received wisdom’. The volume, thus, is likely to provide the best introduction to the precolonial Sikh tradition for young researchers. The professional historians may find it useful for comparison in the light of their own understanding. The general reader would find it interesting especially as it brings out the essential significance of several contemporary works of literature.

Indispensable for the teachers and students of Sikh history, this book has equal relevance for scholars of social sciences, religion and literature.

J.S. Grewal is well known to the scholarly world as the author of a large number of books and articles on historiography, medieval India, the Punjab region and the Sikh tradition.

ISBN  81-7304-737-5    2007   304p.   Rs.750/ pounds 50

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