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When Sparrows Became Hawks - The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799 (Hardcover, New)
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When Sparrows Became Hawks - The Making of the Sikh Warrior Tradition, 1699-1799 (Hardcover, New)
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Challenging the commonly accepted belief that the distinctive
rituals, ceremonies, and cultural practices associated with the
Khalsa were formed during the lifetime of the Tenth and last Sikh
Guru, Gobind Singh, Purnima Dhavan reveals how such markers of
Khalsa identity evolved slowly over the course of the eighteenth
century. By focusing on the long-overlooked experiences of peasant
communities, she traces the multiple perspectives and debates that
eventually coalesced to create a composite Khalsa culture by 1799.
When Sparrows Became Hawks incorporates and analyzes Sikh normative
religious literature created during this period by reading it in
the larger context of sources such as news reports, court
histories, and other primary sources that show how actual practices
were shaped in response to religious reforms. Recovering the agency
of the peasants who dominated this community, Dhavan demonstrates
how a dynamic process of debates, collaboration, and conflict among
Sikh peasants, scholars, and chiefs transformed Sikh practices and
shaped a new martial community.
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