ÿþ<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>SIKH&#256&#7748 DE R&#256J D&#298 VITHI&#256</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>SIKH&#256&#7748 DE R&#256J D&#298 VITHI&#256</i>, by Shardh&#257 R&#257m Philaur&#299, written in Punjabi in 1922 Bk/AD 1866 and published in AD 1868 contains an account of the Punjab from Gur&#363 N&#257nak (1469-1539), founder of the Sikh faith, to the advent of the British in 1849. It was primarily meant for the new English administrators who had come into the Punjab in the wake of annexation. An English translation of the book made by Henry Court was first published in 1888. Bh&#257&#299 Jaw&#257hir Si&#7749gh brought out another English translation of the book in 1901, with a lengthy introduction pointing out the numerous factual errors in the work. The work is divided into three parts, the first dealing with the lives of the ten Gur&#363s (pp.1-82). This section is full of inaccuracies not only of detail but also of basic facts. The second section (pp.83-145) touches very briefly on the twelve <i>misls</i> and then proceeds to sketch the rise of Mah&#257r&#257j&#257 Ra&#7751j&#299t Si&#7749gh, ending with the occupation of the Punjab by the British. The third section (pp. 146-200) gives a short resume of the customs, rites, folk-songs and proverbs of the Punjab. It also contains brief narratives of several sects of the region. At the end of the book are given twenty anecdotes from a Janam S&#257kh&#299 or biography of Gur&#363 N&#257nak. Since the author had had no knowledge of Sikh history or religion and had not apparently read the Gur&#363 Granth S&#257hib or any of the detailed historical works, many errors of a serious nature crept into the text.</p> </ol><p class="CONT">K. S. Th&#257par<br></p><BR> </font><img src="counter.aspx" width="1px" height="1px" alt=""></HTML></BODY>