Sikhs; Comp. Under the Orders of the Government of India (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1899 Excerpt: ... brethren of the Punjab, but are considered as of an inferior class. About 1,200 of these Dekhani Sikhs are in the service of the Nizam--some in the Police and some in the Infantry. A certain number enlisted in the Central India Horse during the Mutiny, and the few now serving in the Hyderabad Contingent are reported to be fairly good soldiers. The Dekhani Sikh is distinguishable from his Punjabi confrere by his dress, which is still much the same as it was in the time of Govind Singh. They wear the kachh (c)r short drawers, and their head dress is the small tightly tied pag such as the Sikhs of the Punjib now wear under the turban. As true Govindi Sikhs they are careful observers of the five kakk&s, and conform strictly to the ordinances of the tenth Gtirti. CHAPTER III. RELIGION, CUSTOMS, SECTS, AND RELIGIOUS FESTI VALS. / t RELIGION. About the time of the Protestant Reformation in Europe, and before either the Mughals or Portuguese had appeared in India, a number of Hindu reformers, whose ideas had largely been influenced by Islim, strove to reform their religion by disowning caste, and by insisting on the unity of Hindu reformers of the 12th the godhead in lieu of the idolatrous polyand 15th centuries. theism encouraged and taught by the: Brih mans. In the 12th century, Rimaniya taught that Brahma was the omnipotent and omniscient Ruler of the Universe. Three hundred years.later Vallabha, a disciple of the same school, taught that the human soul was like a spark from the Supreme Spirit, and though separate, was identical with it in essence. From these sects sprang various theistic movements of which the most important are those founded by R&manand, Kabir, and the latter's famous disciple--Baba-Nanak. The doctrines of the Kabir-panthis were und.