The Panjab Chiefs, Historical and Biographical Notices
Title | The Panjab Chiefs, Historical and Biographical Notices PDF eBook |
Author | Lepel Henry Griffin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 700 |
Release | 2017-08-20 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781375763790 |
The Panjab Chiefs
Title | The Panjab Chiefs PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Lepel Henry Griffin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 434 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Punjab |
ISBN |
The Panjab Chiefs
Title | The Panjab Chiefs PDF eBook |
Author | Lepel Henry Griffin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 708 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | Punjab (India) |
ISBN |
The Panjab Chiefs
Title | The Panjab Chiefs PDF eBook |
Author | Lepel Henry Griffin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 714 |
Release | 1865 |
Genre | Punjab (India) |
ISBN |
The Panjab Chiefs
Title | The Panjab Chiefs PDF eBook |
Author | Sir Lepel Henry Griffin |
Publisher | |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 1890 |
Genre | Punjab (India) |
ISBN |
Exploring South Asian Urbanity
Title | Exploring South Asian Urbanity PDF eBook |
Author | Suchandra Ghosh |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Pages | 338 |
Release | 2021-09-20 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1000462366 |
This book looks at the typologies of cities and ideas of urbanity. Focusing specifically on cities in South Asia, it analyses the unique planning concepts, archaeology, art, culture, life, and philosophy of various cities of ancient and modern South Asia. The book explores the concept of urbanity and the idea of an ideal city; it interrogates general notions of urbanity by juxtaposing city life in various periods and geographies of South Asia. By analysing the demography, architecture, rituals, and culture of various cities, it looks at the different spatialities of these places in terms of their size, population, commerce, and philosophy as well as the reasons behind the transformation of these places into urban centres. Drawing from various archeological and literary sources, the volume includes rich details about heterogeneity, rituals, festivals, social stratification, penal systems, famines, and insurrections in ancient cities as well as modern cities like Lahore, Dhaka, and Calcutta, among many others in South Asia. This book will be of interest to researchers and students of ancient and modern history, archaeology, urban studies, urban and town planning, urban sociology, urban geography, cultural studies, post-colonial studies, ancient and medieval architecture, heritage studies, conservation studies, and South Asian studies.
The Cherished Five in Sikh History
Title | The Cherished Five in Sikh History PDF eBook |
Author | Louis E. Fenech |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 313 |
Release | 2021-01-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0197532861 |
On the 30th of March, 1699, the Sikh Guru Gobind Singh called together a special assembly at the Keshgarh Fort at Anandpur. Following the morning devotions, the Guru asked for a volunteer, saying, "The entire sangat is very dear to me; but is there a devoted Sikh who will give his head to me here and now? A need has arisen at this moment which calls for a head." One man arose and followed the Guru out of the room. When the Guru returned to the assembly with a bloodied sword, he asked for another volunteer. Another man followed. This was repeated three more times, until at last the Guru emerged with a clean sword and all five men alive and well. Those five volunteers would become the first disciples of the Khalsa, the martial community within the Sikh religion, and would come to be known as the Panj Piare, or the Cherished Five. Despite the centrality of this group to modern Sikhism, scholarship on the Panj Piare has remained sparse. Louis Fenech's new book examines the Khalsa and the role that the the Panj Piare have had in the development of the Sikh faith over the past three centuries.