CONTENTS: Preface, Acknowledgments, Significant Events, Introduction: Power, Literature, and Political Ideas, Part 1. INTELLECTUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXTS: 1. Sikh Tradition and Rajniti, 2. The Anandpur Library, 3. Oceans of Knowledge, 4. Institutional Context of the Dasam Granth Sahib, Part II. POLITICIZATION OF THE SIKH CHARACTER: 5. Teaching Statesmanship through Fables and Erotic Stories, 6. Balancing Lofty Ideals and Pragmatism, 7. The Guru's Political Objectives, Part III. POLITICAL SOVEREIGNITY OF THE KHALSA: 8. Combining Rajniti and Rahit, 9. From Translators to Political Thinkers, Part IV. ROAD TO KINGSHIP AND EMPIRE: 10. The Sikh Raj of Anandpur (ca. 1684-1704), 11. The Khalsa's Raj around Mukhlispur (ca. 1710-1716), 12. Punjab under the Rule of Khalsa Rajas (1765-1799), Conclusion: The Political Education of Khalsa Sikhs, Appendix: Literature in the Anandpur Library, Notes, Glossary, References, Index.