Goindval Pothis

<p>This volume explores the earliest available version of the Sikh canon. The book contains the first critical description and partial edition of the Goindval Pothis a set of proto-scriptural manuscripts prepared in the 1570s. The manuscripts also contain a number of hymns by non-Sikh saints some of them not found elsewhere. <p/>Through a meticulous analysis of the contents of these rare manuscripts Gurinder Singh Mann establishes their place and importance in the history of Sikh canon formation. <p/>The book will be of great interest to scholars of comparative canon studies and of medieval Indian literature.</p>