Manohar

The present work thus gives a representative selection of the most popular Pads and Sakhis around ad 1600 in north-west India. There are several useful ways to consult this work.

Detailed guidelines for the benefit of recruitment officials are also given, as the book was then aimed at putting into the hands of young army officers, in easily accessible form as much information as possible concerning the history, customs, etc., of men whom they were serving.

And finally, a comprehensive bibliography and an extended glossary of Punjabi terms make it the finest enterprise of its kind in Sikh studies.