1 CONTENTS. vu
2 CHAPTER VIII.
3 POPULATION, MANNERS, AND CUSTOMS.
4 Extent of the Population—The Sikhs ; their Costume, Diet—The
5 Kashmirian—Charities, how levied — Customs in respect to
6 Succession to Landed Property—Rights of Primogeniture—
7 The Mahomedan Families—The Punchayats—Settlement of
8 Claims to Lands—Obstruction of Streams—Nuptial Contracts
9 -—Widows, how treated—The Suttee—Debtors and Revenue
10 Defaulters er ee ee ee ee” » « ll
11 CHAPTER IX.
12 THE COURT OF THE SIKH SOVEREIGNS . 129
13 CHAPTER X.
14 THE RELIGION OF THE SIKHS.
15 Nanac Shah, the Founder—His Assertion of Deism—The Con-
16 version of the Sikhs from Hindooism and Mahomedanism—
17 Nanac’s Successors—The Guru Govind—The Leading Prin-
18 ciples of the Sikh Faith—The Grant’h—The Rules observed
19 by Converts—Faquirs . ‘ : F ‘ - . 1658
20 APPENDIX.
21 Brief History of the British Connection with Runjeet Singh 165
22 The Late Battles . s ~ « +6 © « « 178
23 Table of Heights of Mountains in the Punjaub . 180