Punjab past and present : essays in honour of Dr. Ganda Singh

535 Pages·1976·8.291 MB·English

by  Harbans Singh (editor), Norman Gerald Barrier (editor), Ganda Singh

PUNJAB PAST AND PRESENT
ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF DR GANDA SINGH

PUNJAB PAST AND PRESENT
ESSAYS IN HONOUR OF
DR GANDA SINGH
edited by
HARBANS SINGH
Professor of Sikh Studies, and
Editor, the Encyclopaedia of Sikhism
Punjabi University, Patiala
N. GERALD BARRIER
Professor of History
University of Missouri, Columbia, U.S.A.
PUNJABI UNIVERSITY, PATIALA
© Punjabi University, Patiala
/·
1976
Copies : 1100
Price : Rs 45
Printed at Shri Bharat Bharati Private Limited, 1 Anlari Road, Daryaganj,
New Delhi, and published by Sardar Gurpartap Singh, Registrar,
P'unjabi University, Patiala
CONTENTS
Foreword ... ... ix
Introductory ... ... xi
1. ANCIENT PUNJAB—A PANORAMIC VIEW :
Buddha Prakash ... ... 1
2. CHANDRAGUPTA MAURYA—A NATIVE OF PUNJAB :
Hari Ram Gupta ... ... 27
3. TOPOGRAPHY OF THE PUNJAB AND ITS ADJOINING
REGIONS AS REFLECTED IN DANDIN’S PROSE
ROMANCES :
D. K. Gupta ... ... 33
4. THE SIDDHA TRADITION BEFORE GURU NANAK :
L. M. Joshi ... ... 45
5. MEDIEVAL PUNJAB:
S. Nurul Hasan ... ... 73
6. TRADE AND INVESTMENT IN SIXTEENTH AND
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PUNJAB : THE TESTIMONY
OF THE SIKH DEVOTIONAL LITERATURE :
W. H. McLeod ... ... 81
7. JATTS OF PUNJAB AND SIND :
Irfan Habib ... ... 92
8. PERSIAN WRITINGS ON GURO NANAK :
Gurbux Singh ... ... 104
9. A CONTEMPORARY JESUIT DOCUMENT ON GURO ARJUN
DEV’S MARTYRDOM :
E. R. Hambye s.j. ... ... 113
10. AURANGZEB AND THE SIKH GURtJS :
A. C. Banerjee ... ... 119
11. AN EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY PAINTING FROM
NORPUR :
Karma Goswamy ... ... 143
12. ALA SINGH : THE FOUNDER OF PATIAlA STATE :
Indu Banga 150
VI
13. THE SIKH MISL :
Gurbachan Singh Nayyar ... , ... 161
14. THE PREM SUMArAG : A THEORY OF SIKH SOCIAL ORDER :
J. S. Grewal ... ... 165
15. WHY DID THE BRITISH TURN A SOMERSAULT IN 1808
IN THEIR NEGOTIATIONS WITH RANJlT SINGH ?
Fauja Singh ... ... 176
16. BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS SIKHS, 1849-57 :
Kripal Chandra Yadav ... ... 185
17. QUANTIFICATION IN PUNJAB SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
HISTORY : SpURCES AND PROBLEMS :
N. Gerald^ Barrier ... ... 204
18. CUNNINGHAM’S ATTEMPT TO GET HIMSELF
REHABILITATED IN THE POLITICAL SERVICE :
S. S. Bal ... ... 215
19. THE BENGALI ELITE IN POST-ANNEXATION PUNJAB :
AN EXAMPLE OF INTER-REGIONAL INFLUENCE IN
NINETEENTH-CENTURY INDIA :
Kenneth W. Jones ... ... 234
20. THE AGRI-HpRTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF THE PUNJAB,
1851-1871 :
Ian J. Kerr ... ... 252
21. ORIGINS OF THE SINGH SABHA :
Harbans Singh ... ... 273
22. THE GROWTH OF THE RAILWAY SYSTEM IN THE PUNJAB :
G. S. Khqsla ... ... 283
23. THE SIKHS IN CALIFORNIA :
C, H. Loehlin ... ... 291
24. GHADAR SOQRCES : RESEARCH ON PUNJABI
REVOLUTIONARIES IN AMERICA :
Mark Juergensmeyer ... ... 302
25. STUDENTS, SIKHS AND SWAmXS : PUNjAfilS IN THE
UNITED STATES, 1899-1914 :
Emily Brown ... ... 322
26. AN HISTORICAL STUDY OF THE PUNJABI SOLDIER IN
WORLD WAR I :
DeWitt C. Ellinwood, Jr. ... ... 337
vii
27. THE HINDUSTAN SOCIALIST REPUBLICAN ARMY :
A REVOLUTIONARY ARM OF THE FREEDOM MOVEMENT :
Corinne Friend ... ... 363
28. COMMUNALISM, FACTIONALISM AND NATIONAL
INTEGRATION IN THE PRE-INDEPENDENCE PUNJAB
CONGRESS PARTY :
Paul Wallace ... ... 389
29. RESEARCH ON MODERN PUNJAB HISTORY CURRENTLY
BEING CONDUCTED IN THE PUNJAB :
John C. B. Webster ... ... 406
30. SYNCRETISM AND THE FORMATION OF THE SIKH
TRADITION :
Paul B. Courtright ... ... 417
31. INCIDENT AT NAbhA :
Barbara N. Ramusack ... ... 433
32. POLEMICS AND CONFLICT IN AHMADlYAH HISTORY :
THE MISSIONARIES, ΤΕΪΕ ULAMA AND THE BRITISH :
Spencer Lavan ... ... 454
33. INAyATULLAh KHAN MASHRIQl AND THE KHAKSAr
MOVEMENT:
Y. B. Mathur ... ... 475
Authors ... ... 491
Some of Dr Ganda Singh's Works ... ... 493
Index ... ... 503
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FOREWORD
Tie Punjabi University takes pride in having this volume compiled in
honour of Dr Ganda Singh, one of India’s leading historians today.. He
is widely known for his scholarship and for his outstanding work in his
area of special expertise. In Punjab historiography, he enjoys patriarchal
status. The contribution he has made to the study and understanding of
the history of the Punjab is of abiding value. For new entrants in this
field, he has been guide, friend and philosopher..
His association with this University goes back to 1963 —which was
barely an year after it was chartered. He was the founder-Director of
our Department of Punjab Historical Studies, and our biannual journal
Panjab Past and Present of which he still continues to be the editor and
our annual Punjab History Conference owe their origin to his constructive
vision. For the last many years he has been a life-Fellow of the University
and in this way, I am glad to say, his mature and scholarly advice has been
available to us continuously.
This volume consists of learned essays dealing with various aspects of
Punjab history. This is the field in which Dr Ganda Singh specializes
and in which his work will be permanently remembered. Besides a bio­
graphical introduction, all other essays are of a .scholarly nature and they
cover a wide spectrum of Punjab history. They do not, however, attempt
a linear presentation of it, though they do capture the style and emphasis
of current historical writing on the Punjab. The volume is a token of our
appreciation and gratitude for Dr Ganda Singh. It will, I hope, simulta­
neously attract wide scholarly attention. It was meant to be not a book of
congratulations or panegyric, but of critical academic research. We knew
this would be more acceptable to Dr Ganda Singh than mere praise,
though praise in this case was more than richly deserved.
I deeply appreciate the opportunity I have had of offering tribute to
Dr Ganda Singh. For him we all have genuine respect for his scholarship
and for his many great human qualities.
Punjabi University INDERJIT KAUR SANDHU
Patiala Vice-Chancellor
June 16,1976