Introductory - Global Sikh Studies

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Contents
Preface
vii
1. Introductory 1
2. The caste and the class 5
3. The Directive Force 15
4. The Caste Ideology, Its Ideologues and the Institution 27
5. The Fate of Liberal Trends 47
6. The Caste Society, Islam and the Mohammadan Rule 58
7. The Radical Bhakti Ideology - Its Social Significance 70
8. The Impact of Medieval Bhakti Mvement 77
9. The Sikh Idelogy 85
10. The Sikh Panth 103
11. Egaliarian Society 115
12. Armed Struggle - Its Egalitarian Basis 136
13. Armed Struggle - Its Development 147
14. The Khals a 174
15. The Spirit 192
16. Achievements 201
17. The Rajputs, the Marathas and the Khalsa 213
18. A Plebian Revolution 224
19. Characterization 247
Appendix A : Misinterpretations 260
Appendix B : Sikh Tradition as a Source of Historical
Testimony 282
Appendix C : Some Aspecs of the Ideology of the Radical
Bhakti 293
Appendix D : Some Aspects of the Sikh Ideology 298
Bibliography 345
Index 353