Pracheen Sau Sakhi

What this book is about

Despite the catalogue title, the scan actually opens as Piara Singh Padam's Rachnavali, his collected writings, listing essays on Sikh history, Guru Granth Sahib publication, Dasam Granth, Gobind Sagar, the Guru's sayings, Prachi PattShahi of the tenth Guru, the reign of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, and on Punjabi bhasha, bhasha da itihas, Gurmukhi script and Indian culture generally. An essay on Khalsa traces its origin to Guru Gobind Singh at Anandpur Sahib and quotes Mahatma Gandhi's address to the Sikhs at Amritsar. The volume is published from Amritsar and states a first edition of 1983, a third edition of May 1995 and a fourth edition of September 1997.