. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . Interior of the Celebrated Temple at Rameswaram Mohammedans in a form of theistical devotion, derived from the blendedabstractions of Sufiism and the Vedanta, and adapted to popular currencyby the dissemination of the tenets which it inculcated, in hymns and songscomposed in the vernacular dialects. These still constitute the scripturalauthority, the Adi Granth, the book of the Sikhs. The doctrines and theinfluence of the
. The historians' history of the world; a comprehensive narrative of the rise and development of nations as recorded by over two thousand of the great writers of all ages: . Interior of the Celebrated Temple at Rameswaram Mohammedans in a form of theistical devotion, derived from the blendedabstractions of Sufiism and the Vedanta, and adapted to popular currencyby the dissemination of the tenets which it inculcated, in hymns and songscomposed in the vernacular dialects. These still constitute the scripturalauthority, the Adi Granth, the book of the Sikhs. The doctrines and theinfluence of the teachers gave a coimnon faith to the hardy and intrepidpopulation of the upper part of the Punjab, and merged whatever distinctiveappellations they previously possessed in the new general designation ofSikhs, or disciples, which thenceforth became their national denomi-nation. As their numbers increased, they attracted the notice of the Moham-medan rulers, and were subjected to the ordeal of persecution. They hadrecourse to arms: under a succession of military leaders, the sword becameinseparably associated in their creed with the book; and their ranks wererecruited
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