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The Making of Sikh Scripture

by Gurinder Singh Mann

A concise history of how the Sikh scripture took shape, from the Goindval Pothis of Guru Amar Das's time to the Kartarpur Pothi and the final canon. Mann draws on close study of early manuscripts and argues for a long, carefully managed process of compilation.

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