History of the Sikhs : From the Origin of the Nation to the Battles of the Sutlej/Joseph Davey Cunningham. New Delhi, Rupa, 2002, xliii, 474 p., map, $33.  ISBN 81-7167-787-8.

Contents: 1. The country and people. 2. Old Indian creeds—modern reforms and the teaching of Nanuk. 3. The Sikh Gooroos or teachers, and the modification of Sikhism under Govind. 4. The establishment of Sikh independence. 5. From the independence of the Sikhs to the ascendancy of Runjeet Singh and the alliance with the English. 6. From the supremacy of Runjeet Singh to the reduction of Mooltan, Cashmeer, and Peshawur. 7. From the acquisition of Mooltan, Cashmeer, and Peshawur to the death of Runjeet Singh. 8. From the death of Muharaja Runjeet Singh to the death of Vuzeer Jowahir Singh. 9. The war with the English. Appendices.

"History of the Sikhs by Joseph Davey Cunningham still remains a pioneer in the field of Punjab historiography. The book is most authoritative for the period, which he has reconstructed with imagination, sympathy and consummate skill. Cunningham has made a fundamental contribution to historical knowledge." (jacket)

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