User:Gurbachan Singh Narang

I Gurbachan Singh Narang presently in Canada ,The present work, an humble attempt at best, has drawn mostly on Bhat Vahis and Panda Vahis and related works, sources of first-rate historical importance untapped so far. It is indeed very fortunate that some of the Bhat families who had attached themselves closely to the Sikh Gurus have preserved their valuable records through the vicissitudes of time. Another precious primary source is the Panda Vahis of major Hindu pilgrimage centres of Kurukshetra, Pahewa, Hardwar, Prayag and Kashi. These original sources, if explored diligently, are sure to throw abundant light on many an obscure spot in our understanding of the Guru period. Their evidence in the reconstruction of the life-sketch of Guru Tegh Bahadur has been of tremendous help, because with them a far greater degree of precision and perspective than could otherwise be possible, has come within the range of achievement. My grateful thanks are due to Giani Garja Singh, whose unremitting labours in his capacity as Oriental Research Scholar in the Department of Punjab Historical Studies, Punjabi University, Patiala, were instrumental in the procurement of this valuable source material