Gazetteer Amritsar 1892

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316 CHAP. 11—HISTORY.

4though at first bo establishod himself at Taro Taran. Ho

5completed the digging of the tank, and « new city began te grow

6up round tho sacred pool. Giirn Arjan was more of an ad-

7of the ministrator than ble predevessors. ey had been content to

8wander about the country with a smal! band of disciples, preach-

9ing what of the doctrines of Nanak they happened to ander-

10ninnd, bat doing little towards the founding of a national religion.

11Of Giru Arjan it isswid that ho collected and arranged the writ-

12ings of his predecessors, reduced ton yystomatic tax the custo~

13mary offorings of his adherents, nnd appoimted ee to collect

14these offerings wherever his followers were tobe found. His

15re had merely been devotees, bat Gara Arjan, accord-.

16to Cunningham, who quotes what ho states te be the

17a man of name aud wealth, und is safd to have ventured to.

18insult Chanda Shak, a high official of the Subs of Lahore. For

19this and certain ncte of political partizanship, he was thrown

20into prison by the Emperor Jehingir, Yen Sire

21ambition, and this confinement is said to have his

22death, which occurred in A.D, 1608.

23But ho left his following very difforont from what he found

24Dry wisaag Beliof in the principles expounded by N&nak hed been

25growing rapidly under his direction, and under that of hia won,

26Hargovind, the sixth Gara, The teaching of Gara Arjan had

27borne fruit, and the combitistion of secular with epiritaal ooonpa-

28tions liad done much to popalarine the faith, asgovind went

29further and became 4 military leader aa well as a spiritual

30teacher, He had hin father’s death to avenge, and it is this

31which apparently prompted him in the line ho took, and neces-

32sitated hia keeping up a numerous hand of armed wad mounted

33of relapsing into

34“the limited morit or inutility of monks or se dlcaai? ‘Though

35vind’s inde co noon embroiled him with the nathorities at

36Lahare. ¢ is heard of as in prem at Gwalior, engag

37Imperial troops in fight nwar Amritanr nod sogowpa

381 and after him caine Har Rai and then Har Kishen,

39whom are connected more with the Lahore District than

40Amritsar, The ninth Garn was Tegh Bahidur who with

41of tien’ up is abot

42Bokdla, in the Amritsar tahsil, but not far from

43and Goindwal. Eloven afterwards Tegh Babsédur

44like bis father Hargovind, was more of a martin! leader

45Sa ee ee ain oxveal Rit

46Anrangzeb, ® SOR, :

47who besamo the tenth or last of the Garis, auder the name

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