The Adi Granth includes selections from the writings of earlier saints of the Bhakti movement of medieval India.
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The Adi Granth is a compilation of the religious hymns of Guru Nanak and his successors.
According to the 1881 Census of Punjab, there were 14,596 Christians in the province.
The 1881 Census of Punjab recorded a Sikh population of 1,121,549.
The 1881 Census of Punjab recorded 7,572,063 Mussalmans.
Of the total population recorded in the 1881 Census of Punjab, 10,142,229 were Hindus.
The Census of the Punjab Province of British India in 1881 recorded a total population of 18,850,437 persons.
The life of Ranjit Sing reflects the rise of the Sikh people from a confederation of warring chieftains into a single state.
Ranjit Sing is described as one of the most remarkable Asiatic rulers of the nineteenth century.
Ranjit Sing was the founder of the Sikh kingdom of the Punjab.
The Punjab region is historically known as the gateway for successive waves of conquest entering India.
Nanak, the leader of the Sikhs, was born in 1469 at Talwandi, near Lahore, in the Punjab.
The Sikhs are characterized as a society or polity formed for religious and political purposes, rather than a tribe or sect.
Ranjit Singh was the only son of Maha Singh, chief of the Sukerchakia misl.
Ranjit Singh was born on November 2, 1780, in Gujranwala.
In the latter part of the 18th century, Sikhism rose into a political power under Ranjit Singh.
Sikhism was founded in the early part of the 16th century by Nanak.
The Golden Temple, a significant religious site for Sikhs, is located in Amritsar.
Amritsar is situated 32 miles east of Lahore on the East Indian railway.
Amritsar serves as the headquarters of a district of the same name.
Amritsar is a city in British India, located in the Punjab region.
Lahore is situated 38 miles above its junction with the Chenab River.
Lahore is 1209 miles by rail northwest of Calcutta.
Lahore is located on the south bank of the river Ravi.
Lahore is the capital of the Punjab and serves as the headquarters of the Lahore division and district.
The name 'Punjab' is derived from the Persian words for 'five' and 'water', referring to the five rivers of the Indus system that traverse the region.
The Treaty of Lahore followed a previous treaty of amity and concord concluded in 1809 between the British Government and Maharajah Runjeet Singh.
The Treaty of Lahore was concluded on the 9th of March 1846 between the Honorable East-India Company and Maharajah Dulleep Singh Bahadur.
The Treaty of Amritsar was established to resolve differences between the British Government and Maharajah Runjeet Singh of Lahore regarding the Sikh Chiefs east of the Sutlej.