A History of the Sikhs: Volume 1: 1469-1838 / Edition 2

A History of the Sikhs: Volume 1: 1469-1838 / Edition 2

by Khushwant Singh
ISBN-10:
0195673085
ISBN-13:
9780195673081
Pub. Date:
01/27/2005
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0195673085
ISBN-13:
9780195673081
Pub. Date:
01/27/2005
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
A History of the Sikhs: Volume 1: 1469-1838 / Edition 2

A History of the Sikhs: Volume 1: 1469-1838 / Edition 2

by Khushwant Singh

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Overview

First published in 1963, this remains the most comprehensive and authoritative book on the Sikhs. The new edition updated to the present recounts the return of the community to the mainstream of national life. Written in Khushwant Singh's trademark style to be accessible to a general, non-scholarly audience, the book is based on scholarly archival research.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780195673081
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: 01/27/2005
Series: Oxford India Paperbacks Series
Edition description: REV
Pages: 434
Sales rank: 906,413
Product dimensions: 9.10(w) x 1.30(h) x 1.90(d)

About the Author

Khushwant Singh is Indias best known writer and columnist. He has been founder editor of Yojana and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He is the author of classics such as Train to Pakistan, I Shall Not Hear the Nightingale and Delhi. His latest novel, The Sunset Club, written when he was 95, was published by Penguin Books in 2010. His nonfiction includes the classic two volume A History of the Sikhs, a number of translations and works on Sikh religion and culture, Delhi, nature, current affairs and Urdu poetry. His autobiography, Truth, Love and a Little Malice, was published by Penguin Books in 2002.
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