Bibliography
A bibliography created by Dr.Ganda singh famous sikh historian is given in the link given below.Preface to bibliography as originally written by author is being reproduced for students of sikh literature worldwide on this site.
PREFACE
This Select Bibliography of the Sikhs and Sikhism has grown out of a small list of books I had drawn up for my private use in 1919 at Peshawar where I was then posted with the Ist Brigade. With my transfer to Mesopotamia in 1920, my interest In the collection of books on the military history of the Sikhs grew and I was able to collect a fairly large number of them during my nine years’ sojourn (1921-1930) in Persia. With this came the idea of preparing a regular bibliography on the subject and I published a selection from It in the Sikh ltihas Number of the Phulwari (December, 1929—January, 1930), edited by the late Sardar Karam Singh. But the Bibliography assumed Its present form at the Khalsa College, Amrltsar, where I was in charge of the Sikh History Research Department from 1931 to 1949. A large number of entries were made from October 1949 to 1956 at Patiala, where, In 1954, I published A Bibliography of the Patiala and. the East Punjab States Union on behalf of the PEPSU Archives. The object of the Bibliography is to put together in one handy volume for use of students and scholars of history all the necessary information about the material on the history of the Sikhs and Sikhism available in Indian and foreign languages lying scattered in rare and out-of-print books and In scarce manuscripts in Persian and Punjabi available in far—flung libraries In India and abroad. The books and manuscripts included in this Bibliography have been arranged authorwise under different languages, giving not only the titles of the books, but also the names of their publishers and the places and the dates of their publication. About the manuscripts the information is a little more detailed. It gives the names of libraries and institutions In India and abroad, where they are preserved and also their section and accession numbers under which they may be located for consultation. Where the titles of books and manuscripts are not indicative enough of their contents, an effort has been made to give some guiding hints about the relevant topics together with the pages on which they may be found. I am thankful to Prof. Satbir Singh, M.A., who has persistently followed up the suggestion for the publication of this Bibliography of the Sikhs and Sikhism by the Sikh Itihas Research Board of the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee, Amritsar. But for his and Master Sujan Singh’s keen interest In It, It would not have, perhaps, been published for a long time to come. In the absence of diacritical marks available with the printers and their omission to insert the names of non-English books and manuscripts In their respective scripts in the space provided for the purpose, there might be difficulty In correctly deciphering some of the names. But In such cases reference may be made to A Bibliography of the Punjab published by the Punjabi University, Patiala. That work is more comprehensive and detailed than this. For reasons beyond the control of the compiler, who had no hand in reading the proofs, or, otherwise, in the production of the book, a large number of mistakes, some of them inexcusable, have crept into it at the printing stage. For them he 0ffers an apology on behalf of the publishers and craves the indulgence of the reader. Lower Mall, Patlala, August 15, 1965 Ganda Singh
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