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I.	ORIGIN OF THE SIKHS	1
II.	NANAK THE REFORMER, FOUNDER OF THE SIKH SECT	13
III.	SPREAD OF SIKHISM	27
IV.	GURU GOVIND SINGH, FOUNDER OF THE KHALSA, THE SIKH COMMONWEALTH	37
V.	STRUGGLES OF THE KHALSA FOR POSSESSION OF THE PUNJAB	55
VI.	THE SIKH CONFEDERACIES—EVOLUTION OF THE SIKH SARDARS	70
VII.	SARDAR RANJIT SINGH	79
VIII.	MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH	88
IX.	DECLINE OF THE SIKH MONARCHY	119
X.	THE FIRST SIKH WAR WITH THE BRITISH, 1845–46	135
XI.	THE FIRST SIKH WAR—continued	151
XII.	THE SECOND SIKH WAR, 1848–49—ANNEXATION, 1849	165
XIII.	THE 'GRANTH,' THE SIKH SACRED BOOK—RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES	183
XIV.	THE SIKHS UNDER THE BRITISH CROWN	201