Purnima Dhavan

When Sparrows Became Hawks

The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799

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Produktbeschreibung

Purnima Dhavan examines the creation of the Khalsa Sikh warrior tradition during the eighteenth century. By focusing on the experiences of long-overlooked peasant communities, she reveals how a dynamic process of debates, collaboration, and conflict transformed Sikh practices and shaped a new martial culture.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. November 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 236mm x 163mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9780199756551
• ISBN-10: 0199756554
• Artikelnr.: 33371724

Autorenporträt

Assistant Professor of History, University of Washington

Inhaltsangabe

* 1. Introduction: The Origins of the Khalsa
* 2. Early Narratives of the Last Guru and the Creation of the Khalsa
* 3. (Re)making the Khalsa, 1708-48
* 4. The Making of a Sikh Sardar: Two Jassa Singhs and the Place of
Sikhs in the Eighteenth-Century Military Labor Market
* 5. Rereading Alha Singh: Rebel, Raja, and Sikh Sardar
* 6. From Peasant Soldier to Elite Warrior: Raiding, Honor Feuds, and
the Transformation of Khalsa Identity
* 7. Devotion and Its Discontents: The Affective Communities of
Gurbilas Texts
* 8. Conclusion
* Glossary
* Bibliography
* Index