The Punjaub; bring a brief account of the country of the Sikhs ..

Steinbach, Henry · 1846 · Public domain (mark) · archive.org ↗

1CONTENT8.

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3CHAPTER YIII.

4POPULATION, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS.

5Extent of the Population — The Sikhs ; their Costume, Diet — The

6Kashmirian — Charities, how levied — Customs in respect to

7Succession to Landed Property — Righto of Primogeniture —

8The Mahomedan Families — The Punchayats — Settlement of

9Claims to Lands — Obstruction of Streams — Nuptial Contracts

10—Widows, how treated— The Suttee — Debtors and Revenue

11Defaulters , . . , , , . , . 111

12CHAPTER IX.

13THE COURT OF THE SIKH SOVEREIGNS . 129

14CHAPTER X.

15THE RELIGION OF THE SIKHS.

16Nanac Shah, the Founder — His Assertion of Deism — The Con-

17version of the Sikhs from Hindooism and Mahomedanism —

18Nanac’s Successors — The Guru Govind — The Leading Prin-

19ciples of the Sikh Faith — The Qrant’h — The Rules observed

20by Converts — Faquirs 153

21APPENDIX.

22Brief History of the British Connection with Runjeet Singh 165

23The Late Battles 178

24Table of Heights of Mountains In the Punjaub . . 180

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