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History of Sikhi

Human Guru Period

Formation of the Khalsa

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This video aims to explore the very early Khalsa via historical sources from both the Mughals and the Sikhs, from the late 17th/early 18th centuries. We also aim to look at the early Khalsa, in the context of Indic and Persianate civilisations, and examine what it's emergence meant for both the Sikhs and the Mughals.

We explain the Masaands, historical Sikh splinter groups, the Mughal use of the word Khalsa, the court of Guru Gobind Singh, the Dasam Granth, Khalsa traditions, historical rehitnamei, as well as the moral and spiritual components of the early Khalsa.

In the previous episode we talked about the triumph of the Tat Khalsa identity over all other Sikh sects, in the British Raj. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the Khalsa began to be seen as the only legitimate body which presided over all Sikh affairs. This was a period where non-Khalsa Sikhs began to conform to the standards set by the tat-Khalsa.

All of the changes during this period produced a synthesis of many different traditions mixed into the Khalsa identity which gives us the flavour of the modern day Khalsa. The modern Khalsa identity owes much to the Singh Sabha movements, as well as the popular influence of the different Jathebandia today (like the AKJ, Damdami Taksal, and Nanaksari).

Because the Sikh identity first went through the prism of the Singh Sabha movements in the late 1800s, and then later went through the influence of different post Singh Sabha jathebandhia all throughout the 20th century, we may now be looking at the modern day Khalsa in a completely different light to what the very early Khalsa actually was.

We aim to uncover and explore the Khalsa of old in its earliest form, and compare this with notions relating to modern perceptions of the Khalsa. Building up from our previous video, we aim to look at how accurate the various Singh Sabha movements and Jathebandhias were in their efforts to revive the Khalsa of old. We will also explore the role and purpose of the Khalsa in relation to the wider Sikh universe.

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Timestamps

00:00 Introduction 00:49 Ep1 Re-cap. The new Khalsa 03:55 'Khalsa' in a Mughal context 07:59 The Imperial Majesty of the Khalsa 15:49 The birth of the Khalsa 18:56 The Khalsa and the rest of the world 23:27 Conclusion: The Singh Sabhas study of the early Khalsa

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