Research Catalog

Title

Splendors of Punjab heritage : art from the Khanuja family collection / with essays by Dr. Parvinderjit Singh Khanuja ; edited with an introduction by Dr. Paul Michael Taylor.

Publication

New Delhi, India : Lustre Press/Roli Books, 2022.

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Additional Authors

• Khanuja, Parvinderjit Singh, 1959-
• Taylor, Paul Michael, 1953-
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Asian Cultural History Program.

Description

431 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations (colour); 30 cm

Subject

• Sikh art
• Sikhism > Art
• Art > Punjab
• Sikh art > Private collections > Arizona
• Art
• Sikhism
• Arizona
• India > Punjab
• Pakistan > Punjab

Genre/Form

Art.

Note

• Includes pages 13-19 foldouts.
• "Sikhmuseum.org in association with Asian Cultural History Program, Smithsonian Institution."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 430-431).

Contents

Preface and acknowledgments -- Introduction / Dr. Paul Michael Taylor -- One and the same light: gurus in Sikhism -- Gurdwaras: spiritual and temporal abodes of authority -- The fight for degh, tegh, and fateh: Banda Singh Bahadur and the misls -- Building a Sikh empire: the life times of times of Ranjit Singh -- Encounters with the colonial: the post-Ranjit Singh years -- The making of a martial race: military traditions in Sikhism -- Princely states of Punjab: arts and artifacts -- Embroidered and woven masterpieces: textile traditions of greater Punjab -- Symbols of sovereignty: Sikh coinage -- Miscellaneous illustrations in the Khanuja Family Collection -- The spirit of Punjabiyat and Chardi Kala.

ISBN

• 9789392130168
• 9392130163

OCLC

• on1318994267
• 1318994267
• SCSB-14284454

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries