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<p class="C1">&#65279MOHAN, B&#256B&#256 (b. 1536), the elder son of Gur&#363 Amar D&#257s, was born to M&#257t&#257 Mans&#257 Dev&#299 at B&#257sarke Gill&#257&#7749, near Amritsar, in 1536. He was of a taciturn disposition and most of the time kept to his room in Goindv&#257l absorbed in study and contemplation. He had in his possession manuscript collections of the Gur&#363s' hymns inherited from his father. When Gur&#363 Arjan (1563-1606) undertook the compilation of the (Gur&#363) Granth S&#257hib, he sent Bh&#257&#299 Gurd&#257s and then Bh&#257&#299 Bu&#7693&#7693h&#257 to borrow these from him, but B&#257b&#257 Mohan refused each time to part with them. Finally, Gur&#363 Arjan himself went to Goindv&#257l. He sat in the street below B&#257b&#257 Mohan's attic serenading him on his <i>tamb&#363r&#257</i>, a string instrument. Mohan was disarmed to hear the hymn and came downstairs with the <i>poth&#299s</i> (books) which he made over to the Gur&#363. These volumes are still extant and are known as <i>Goindv&#257l Poth&#299s</i>. Gurdw&#257r&#257 Chub&#257r&#257 B&#257b&#257 Mohan J&#299 in Goindv&#257l perpetuates B&#257b&#257 Mohan's memory. Among the relics preserved in the Chub&#257r&#257 S&#257hib complex is the palanquin in which the <i>poth&#299s</i> were carried to Amritsar and then brought back to Goindv&#257l.</p>
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BIBLIOGRAPHY<p class="C1"><ol class="C1"><li class="C1"> Bhall&#257, Sar&#363p D&#257s, <i> Mahim&#257 Prak&#257sh </i>. Patiala, 1971<BR>
<li class="C1"> Santokh Si&#7749gh, Bh&#257&#299, <i> Sr&#299 Gur Prat&#257p S&#363raj Granth </i>. Amritsar, 1927-35<BR>
<li class="C1"> Jagg&#299, Ratan Si&#7749gh, ed., <i> Bans&#257val&#299n&#257m&#257 </i>. Chandigarh, 1972<BR>
<li class="C1"> Gi&#257n Si&#7749gh, Gi&#257n&#299, <i> Tw&#257r&#299<u>kh</u> Gur&#363 <u>Kh</u>&#257ls&#257 </i> [Reprint]. Patiala, 1970<BR>
<li class="C1"> Macauliffe, Max Arthur, <i> The Sikh Religion </i>. Oxford, 1909<BR>
</ol><p class="CONT">Harn&#257m Si&#7749gh <br></p><BR>
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