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Contents
Preface to the Second Edition
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Preface
viii
Acknowledgments
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PART l. THE PUNJAB AND THE BIRTH OF SIKHISM
1.
The Sikh Homeland
3
2. Birth of Sikhism 3. Building of the Sikh Church 4. The Call to Arms 5. From the Pacifist Sikh to the Militant Khalsa
16
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PART U. THE AGRARIAN UPRISING
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7. 8.
9.
The Rise and Fall of Banda Bahadur Persecution of the Sikhs and the Reorganization of the Khalsa Army Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Sikhs From the Indus to the Ganges
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PART UL PUNJAB MONARCHY AND IMPERIALISM
10. Rise of the Sukerchakia Mist 11. Maharajah of the Punjab 12. Suzerain of Malwa 13. British Annexation of Malwa: Treaty of Lahore, 1809
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