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and was completed in the early 1810s. The text's opening foundation briefly covers the lives of the ten Sikh Gurus, then traces the accomplishments of the Sikh community from 1708 to the establishment of Sikh rule in Punjab. The text provides the most comprehensive compilation of stories related to
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claims the text "vigorously arms the distinctive nature of the Khalsa identity and the claim that this was the identity which Guru Gobind Singh intended his followers to adopt". The text holds great esteem within the
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Sobha (pre-1710), and Sukha Singh’s Sri Gur Bilas (1797). He also refers to his access to non-Sikh documents, some of which were written in
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published the text in 1914, but this version has been criticized by scholars, such as Louis E. Fenech and
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Prakash: Its text, Context and Significance'. In Journal of Sikh & Punjabi Studies. Volume 23, page 17.
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Prakash: Its text, Context and Significance'. In Journal of Sikh & Punjabi Studies. Volume 23, page 17.
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Prakash: Its text, Context and Significance'. In Journal of Sikh & Punjabi Studies. Volume 23, page 28.
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Prakash: Its text, Context and Significance'. In Journal of Sikh & Punjabi Studies. Volume 23, page 28.
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Prakash: Its text, Context and Significance'. In Journal of Sikh & Punjabi Studies. Volume 23, page 15
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Murphy, Anne. 2012. The Materiality of the Past: History and Representation in the Sikh Tradition. Oxford University Press. Page 121
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The original title of the work was 'Panth Prakash', it is not to be confused with a later work with a similar name by
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Lou Fenech, Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition: Playing the “Game of Love.” (New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2000).
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