- Description
- 1 online resource (x, 253 p.) : ill., map.
- Uniform Title
- When sparrows became hawks (Online)
- Alternative Title
- When sparrows became hawks (Online)
- Subject
- Khalsa (Sect) > History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Ch. 1 introduction: the origins of the khalsa -- Ch. 2 early narratives of the last guru and the creation of the khalsa -- Ch. 3 (re)making the khalsa, 1708-48 -- Ch.4 the making of a sikh sardar: two jassa singhs and the place of sikhs in the eighteenth-century military labor market -- Ch. 5 rereading alha singh: rebel, raja, and sikh sardar -- Ch. 6 from peasant soldier to elite warrior: raiding, honor feuds, and the transformation of khalsa identity -- Ch. 7 devotion and its discontents: the affective communities of gurbilas texts -- Ch. 8 conclusion.
- LCCN
- 2010053502
- OCLC
- ssj0000600248
- Author
Dhavan, Purnima.
- Title
When sparrows became hawks [electronic resource] : the making of the Sikh warrior tradition, 1699-1799 / Purnima Dhavan.
- Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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