ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>GURPRA&#7750&#256L&#298 5</TITLE> <style type="text/css"> .BODY { background-color: #EAF1F7; background-image: url('images/gtbh.jpg'); background-repeat: no-repeat; background-attachment: fixed; background-position: center; color: #0066CC;} .C1{text-align: justify;color: #0066CC;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .BIB{text-align: center;color: #000099;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} .CONT{text-align: right;color: #FF0000;FONT-size: SMALL;FONT-family: Tahoma;} </style><META http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></HEAD> <BODY class="BODY" oncontextmenu="return false" ondragstart="return false" onselectstart="return false"> <FONT ALIGN="JUSTIFY" FACE="Tahoma"> <p class="C1">&#65279<i>GURPRA&#7750&#256L&#298</i>, a chronology in verse of events relating to the lives of the Gur&#363s, by Sard&#363l Si&#7749gh son of Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh of Amritsar. First published in 1893 and comprising sixteen pages, the <i>Gurpra&#7751&#257l&#299</i> was prepared at the instance of the Gurmat Prach&#257rak Sabh&#257 with a view "to familiarizing the Sikh youth with their history." The author states that his dates are based on historical works scrutinized and revised under the auspices of the Sr&#299 Gur&#363 Si&#7749gh Sabh&#257, Amritsar, yet some of them do not coincide with those commonly accepted in the Sikh tradition. For example, it records Ass&#363 <i>vad&#299</i> 10, 1596 Bk, as the date of Gur&#363 N&#257nak's death against the current Ass&#363 <i>sud&#299</i> 10, 1596 Bk; Vais&#257kh <i>sud&#299</i> 1, 1561 Bk as the date of Gur&#363 A&#7749gad's birth against the current Vais&#257kh <i>vad&#299</i> 1, 1561 Bk; H&#257&#7771 <i>vad&#299</i> 1, 1652 Bk, the date of Gur&#363 Hargobind's birth against the current H&#257&#7771 <i>vad&#299</i> 6, 1652 Bk. Whereas almost all the earlier <i>Gurpra&#7751&#257l&#299s</i> state that Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh had passed on the gur&#363ship to the <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257, this one says that, though <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 is the son of Gur&#363 Gobind Si&#7749gh, the status of Gur&#363 was bestowed upon Scripture, the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib. The <i>Gurpra&#7751&#257l&#299</i> lists some of the <i>kurahits</i> or misconducts, i.e. violations of the code of conduct a Sikh must avoid. Among them are mentioned smoking, shaving and social intercourse with the schismatic groups such as M&#299&#7751&#257s and Dh&#299rmall&#299&#257s.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">Dharam Si&#7749gh<br></p><BR> </font> <img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""> </HTML></BODY>