Dhavan, Purnima.
When sparrows became hawks : the making of the Sikh warrior tradition, 1699-1799 / Purnima Dhavan. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. - 253 p. ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1 introduction: the origins of the khalsa -- Ch. 2 early narratives of the last guru and the creation of the khalsa -- Ch. 3 (re)making the khalsa, 1708-48 -- Ch.4 the making of a sikh sardar: two jassa singhs and the place of sikhs in the eighteenth-century military labor market -- Ch. 5 rereading alha singh: rebel, raja, and sikh sardar -- Ch. 6 from peasant soldier to elite warrior: raiding, honor feuds, and the transformation of khalsa identity -- Ch. 7 devotion and its discontents: the affective communities of gurbilas texts -- Ch. 8 conclusion.
9780199756551 (hardcover : alk. paper)
SIKHS: LITERATURE AND HISTORY
954.027
When sparrows became hawks : the making of the Sikh warrior tradition, 1699-1799 / Purnima Dhavan. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014. - 253 p. ill., map ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ch. 1 introduction: the origins of the khalsa -- Ch. 2 early narratives of the last guru and the creation of the khalsa -- Ch. 3 (re)making the khalsa, 1708-48 -- Ch.4 the making of a sikh sardar: two jassa singhs and the place of sikhs in the eighteenth-century military labor market -- Ch. 5 rereading alha singh: rebel, raja, and sikh sardar -- Ch. 6 from peasant soldier to elite warrior: raiding, honor feuds, and the transformation of khalsa identity -- Ch. 7 devotion and its discontents: the affective communities of gurbilas texts -- Ch. 8 conclusion.
9780199756551 (hardcover : alk. paper)
SIKHS: LITERATURE AND HISTORY
954.027