The Sikh Religion Vol.5 PDF

Download The Sikh Religion Vol.5 PDF by Max Arthur Macauliffe a Prominent Irish British Scholar. Book has an extensive detail of The Sikh Religion – Its Gurus, Sacred Writings, and Authors in a total of Six Volumes.

Volume 5 deals with the Life Journey and literary work of 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Ji and afterward life of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur.

Book Title	The Sikh Religion – Its Gurus, Sacred Writings, and Authors
Writer	Max Arthur Macauliffe
Volume	5
Pages	372
Publishing Year	1909
Language	English
Script	Roman
Size	27.5 MB
Format	PDF
Publisher	Clarendon Press [Oxford]
Source	Osmania University Library
Preserved By	Digital Library of India

Volume 5 Index

The Sikh Religion Vol.5 by Max Arthur Macauliffe explains the Life Journeys of 10th Sikh Guru Gobind Singh Ji and his ideologies. It explains the literary works ( Dasam Granth ) of Guru Gobind Singh Ji and Bhai Nand Lal Ji in the English Language. The career of Baba Banda Singh Bahadur in Punjab and the story of his martyrdom is explained well in the Book. The index of the Book is given below:

1. Life of Guru Gobind Singh, The Tenth Guru
2. Guru Gobind Singh against Idolatry
3. A Princess’s discussion with a Brahmin
4. Extracts from Bhai Nand Lal’s Writings
5. Zafarnama (The Guru’s epistle to Aurangzeb)
6. Interview with Banda
7. Banda’s career in Punjab (Panjab) and Death.
8. Composition of Guru Gobind Singh
  - Extracts from Akal Ustat
  - Extracts from Vichitar Natak
  - Introduction to the Hindu Incarnations
  - Thirty-three Sawaiyas (Quatrains)
  - Hazare Shabad
  - Chaupai
9. Ardas (Supplication)
10. Rags, or Musical measures of the Guru’s Hymns.

Who was Max Arthur Macauliffe?

Max Arthur Macauliffe was a senior British administrator, prolific scholar, and author. He is renowned for his partial translation of Sri Guru Granth Sahib and Sikh history into English.

Macauliffe was the first English person who showed interest in the translation of Sikh writings. He had extensive access to a lot of manuscripts of Sikh Scriptures. His collaboration with prominent Sikh Scholar Giani Partap Singh brought the first translation of Sikh Scriptures in the English Language. Eventually, he accepted Sikhism as his religion and became MacAuliffe Singh.