List of tables and figures
List of appendices
Preface
Part I. Introductory
1. New Perspectives and sources
2. The Mughal State and the Sikh Panth
Part II. The Pre-Khalsa Decades
3. From birth to manhood (1666-85)
4. In battles and politics (1685-98)
Part III. Institution of the Khalsa
5. Literary articulation (1685-98)
6. Socio-political import of courtly literature
7. The Baisakhi of 1699
Part IV. Direct Confrontation with the State
8. Ouster from Anandpur (1699-1704)
9. Negotiations with Aurangzeb (1705-7)
10. Failure of negotiations with Bahadur Shah (1707-8)
11. The last commandment
12. Political, social, and cultural legacies
Chronology
Glossary
Bibliography
Index
About the author.