History of the Sikhs from the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej

Traces the origin and growth of the Sikh nation from the time of Guru Nanak up to the first war with the British in 1845-46. This work describes the country and its people, the reform and teachings of Guru Nanak, the other Sikh Gurus and modifications by Guru Gobind Singh, the establishment of Sikh independence and the rise of Ranjit Singh.

This is a 1915 edition of the original book that was written in 1848. It traces the origin and growth of the Sikh nation from the time of Guru Nanak up to the first war with the British in 1845-46. A thoroughly researched volume, it describes the country and its people, the reform and teachings of Guru Nanak, the other Sikh Gurus and modifications by Guru Gobind Singh, the establishment of Sikh independence, the rise of Ranjit Singh, the supremacy of Ranjit Singh and his conquest of Multan, Kashmir and Peshawar, the deaths of Ranjit and Jawahar Singh and the war with the English.