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ਜਪੁ | Jup
ਸੋ ਦਰੁ | So Dar
ਸੋਹਿਲਾ | Sohilaa
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਿਰੀਰਾਗੁ | Raag Siree-Raag
Gurbani (14-53)
Ashtpadiyan (53-71)
Gurbani (71-74)
Pahre (74-78)
Chhant (78-81)
Vanjara (81-82)
Vaar Siri Raag (83-91)
Bhagat Bani (91-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਝ | Raag Maajh
Gurbani (94-109)
Ashtpadi (109)
Ashtpadiyan (110-129)
Ashtpadi (129-130)
Ashtpadiyan (130-133)
Bara Maha (133-136)
Din Raen (136-137)
Vaar Maajh Ki (137-150)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗਉੜੀ | Raag Gauree
Gurbani (151-185)
Quartets/Couplets (185-220)
Ashtpadiyan (220-234)
Karhalei (234-235)
Ashtpadiyan (235-242)
Chhant (242-249)
Baavan Akhari (250-262)
Sukhmani (262-296)
Thittee (296-300)
Gauree kii Vaar (300-323)
Gurbani (323-330)
Ashtpadiyan (330-340)
Baavan Akhari (340-343)
Thintteen (343-344)
Vaar Kabir (344-345)
Bhagat Bani (345-346)
ਰਾਗੁ ਆਸਾ | Raag Aasaa
Gurbani (347-348)
Chaupaday (348-364)
Panchpadde (364-365)
Kaafee (365-409)
Aasaavaree (409-411)
Ashtpadiyan (411-432)
Patee (432-435)
Chhant (435-462)
Vaar Aasaa (462-475)
Bhagat Bani (475-488)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੂਜਰੀ | Raag Goojaree
Gurbani (489-503)
Ashtpadiyan (503-508)
Vaar Gujari (508-517)
Vaar Gujari (517-526)
ਰਾਗੁ ਦੇਵਗੰਧਾਰੀ | Raag Dayv-Gandhaaree
Gurbani (527-536)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਹਾਗੜਾ | Raag Bihaagraa
Gurbani (537-556)
Chhant (538-548)
Vaar Bihaagraa (548-556)
ਰਾਗੁ ਵਡਹੰਸ | Raag Wadhans
Gurbani (557-564)
Ashtpadiyan (564-565)
Chhant (565-575)
Ghoriaan (575-578)
Alaahaniiaa (578-582)
Vaar Wadhans (582-594)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੋਰਠਿ | Raag Sorath
Gurbani (595-634)
Asatpadhiya (634-642)
Vaar Sorath (642-659)
ਰਾਗੁ ਧਨਾਸਰੀ | Raag Dhanasaree
Gurbani (660-685)
Astpadhiya (685-687)
Chhant (687-691)
Bhagat Bani (691-695)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਤਸਰੀ | Raag Jaitsree
Gurbani (696-703)
Chhant (703-705)
Vaar Jaitsaree (705-710)
Bhagat Bani (710)
ਰਾਗੁ ਟੋਡੀ | Raag Todee
ਰਾਗੁ ਬੈਰਾੜੀ | Raag Bairaaree
ਰਾਗੁ ਤਿਲੰਗ | Raag Tilang
Gurbani (721-727)
Bhagat Bani (727)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸੂਹੀ | Raag Suhi
Gurbani (728-750)
Ashtpadiyan (750-761)
Kaafee (761-762)
Suchajee (762)
Gunvantee (763)
Chhant (763-785)
Vaar Soohee (785-792)
Bhagat Bani (792-794)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਿਲਾਵਲੁ | Raag Bilaaval
Gurbani (795-831)
Ashtpadiyan (831-838)
Thitteen (838-840)
Vaar Sat (841-843)
Chhant (843-848)
Vaar Bilaaval (849-855)
Bhagat Bani (855-858)
ਰਾਗੁ ਗੋਂਡ | Raag Gond
Gurbani (859-869)
Ashtpadiyan (869)
Bhagat Bani (870-875)
ਰਾਗੁ ਰਾਮਕਲੀ | Raag Ramkalee
Ashtpadiyan (902-916)
Gurbani (876-902)
Anand (917-922)
Sadd (923-924)
Chhant (924-929)
Dakhnee (929-938)
Sidh Gosat (938-946)
Vaar Ramkalee (947-968)
ਰਾਗੁ ਨਟ ਨਾਰਾਇਨ | Raag Nat Narayan
Gurbani (975-980)
Ashtpadiyan (980-983)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਲੀ ਗਉੜਾ | Raag Maalee Gauraa
Gurbani (984-988)
Bhagat Bani (988)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਾਰੂ | Raag Maaroo
Gurbani (889-1008)
Ashtpadiyan (1008-1014)
Kaafee (1014-1016)
Ashtpadiyan (1016-1019)
Anjulian (1019-1020)
Solhe (1020-1033)
Dakhni (1033-1043)
ਰਾਗੁ ਤੁਖਾਰੀ | Raag Tukhaari
Bara Maha (1107-1110)
Chhant (1110-1117)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕੇਦਾਰਾ | Raag Kedara
Gurbani (1118-1123)
Bhagat Bani (1123-1124)
ਰਾਗੁ ਭੈਰਉ | Raag Bhairo
Gurbani (1125-1152)
Partaal (1153)
Ashtpadiyan (1153-1167)
ਰਾਗੁ ਬਸੰਤੁ | Raag Basant
Gurbani (1168-1187)
Ashtpadiyan (1187-1193)
Vaar Basant (1193-1196)
ਰਾਗੁ ਸਾਰਗ | Raag Saarag
Gurbani (1197-1200)
Partaal (1200-1231)
Ashtpadiyan (1232-1236)
Chhant (1236-1237)
Vaar Saarang (1237-1253)
ਰਾਗੁ ਮਲਾਰ | Raag Malaar
Gurbani (1254-1293)
Partaal (1265-1273)
Ashtpadiyan (1273-1278)
Chhant (1278)
Vaar Malaar (1278-91)
Bhagat Bani (1292-93)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਾਨੜਾ | Raag Kaanraa
Gurbani (1294-96)
Partaal (1296-1318)
Ashtpadiyan (1308-1312)
Chhant (1312)
Vaar Kaanraa
Bhagat Bani (1318)
ਰਾਗੁ ਕਲਿਆਨ | Raag Kalyaan
Gurbani (1319-23)
Ashtpadiyan (1323-26)
ਰਾਗੁ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਤੀ | Raag Prabhaatee
Gurbani (1327-1341)
Ashtpadiyan (1342-51)
ਰਾਗੁ ਜੈਜਾਵੰਤੀ | Raag Jaijaiwanti
Gurbani (1352-53)
Salok | Gatha | Phunahe | Chaubole | Swayiye
Sehskritee Mahala 1
Sehskritee Mahala 5
Gaathaa Mahala 5
Phunhay Mahala 5
Chaubolae Mahala 5
Shaloks Bhagat Kabir
Shaloks Sheikh Farid
Swaiyyae Mahala 5
Swaiyyae in Praise of Gurus
Shaloks in Addition To Vaars
Shalok Ninth Mehl
Mundavanee Mehl 5
ਰਾਗ ਮਾਲਾ, Raag Maalaa
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<blockquote data-quote="spnadmin" data-source="post: 147296" data-attributes="member: 35"><p>And the prince lives on</p><p>Gargi Gupta / New Delhi June 04, 2011, 0:50 IST</p><p>International auction houses are taking a shine to Sikh history</p><p></p><p>Several interesting fragments of Sikh history went on sale this week at Mullock’s, an auction house in Shropshire, UK.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The highlight of these was a 1911 replica of the British crown featuring the Kohinoor diamond which Maharajah Duleep Singh had presented to Victoria in 1850 as a token of his fealty. A four-page letter, detailing how the Kohinoor was acquired and the kingdom of Ranjit Singh annexed, is also among the lots, as is another dated November 1871 with Duleep Singh’s signature. More historically valuable are letters written by East India House to Duleep Singh and his guardian in Britain, John Login, deciding on their annuity and salary, including the touching detail that the company had no problems if Rs 833.54 from the prince’s monthly allowance were diverted to Login.</p><p>Also on sale are early photographs, including an image of Patiala’s Bhupinder Singh by the well-known photographer Carl Vandyk, engravings, lithographs, water-colours in the Company style, miniatures on ivory in the Sikh-style, government gazettes, and so on.</p><p></p><p>This is the second auction that this 15-year-old auction house has conducted this year offering artefacts from Anglo-Sikh history. On April 19, it had offered a 1839 white-gold brooch with a miniature of Ranjit Singh — it was avowedly the last to be painted in his lifetime; documents relating to Duleep Singh’s conversion to Christianity, his financial settlement; the Anglo-Sikh wars, and more. Remarkably, a number of the lots sold for many times the reserve price, with one painting of a Sikh man fetching £2,200, ten times the asking price.</p><p></p><p>Clearly there’s a demand for Anglo-Sikh relics in the West, especially those relating to Duleep Singh, whose tragic life, and fraudulent subjugation by the British find resonance even today.</p><p></p><p>It’s a demand that’s been steadily supplied. Objects associated with Duleep Singh have appeared in several auctions in recent years.</p><p></p><p>In 2009, a richly-embroidered velvet ceremonial robe and pair of shoes belonging to Duleep Singh were offered by Lyon & Turnbull auction house in Edinburgh. The asking price: £60,000 and £15,000, respectively. The year before, Bonhams sold a marble bust of the Lion of Punjab for £110.400 (base price £50,000-£70,000), while in 2007, one of his son by John Gibson, Victoria’s court sculptor, sold for £1.7 million.</p><p></p><p>Where did all these artefacts come from? Diverse sources, and given how long Duleep Singh stayed in Britain, there are many sources for objects associated with him. For instance, Duleep Singh’s robe and shoes were sold by a woman who had bought them in the 1950s at Elveden Estate, the 17,000-acre estate in eastern England, where he lived for some time. The Guiness family, which had bought Elveden in 1894 after his death, held a major auction with Christie’s in 1984, at which it disposed of many of his possessions. The Ranjit Singh bust was sold by the grandson of the man who had bought it before Partition from a prominent Sikh family in Lahore.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/andprince-lives-on/437775/" target="_blank">http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/andprince-lives-on/437775/</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spnadmin, post: 147296, member: 35"] And the prince lives on Gargi Gupta / New Delhi June 04, 2011, 0:50 IST International auction houses are taking a shine to Sikh history Several interesting fragments of Sikh history went on sale this week at Mullock’s, an auction house in Shropshire, UK. The highlight of these was a 1911 replica of the British crown featuring the Kohinoor diamond which Maharajah Duleep Singh had presented to Victoria in 1850 as a token of his fealty. A four-page letter, detailing how the Kohinoor was acquired and the kingdom of Ranjit Singh annexed, is also among the lots, as is another dated November 1871 with Duleep Singh’s signature. More historically valuable are letters written by East India House to Duleep Singh and his guardian in Britain, John Login, deciding on their annuity and salary, including the touching detail that the company had no problems if Rs 833.54 from the prince’s monthly allowance were diverted to Login. Also on sale are early photographs, including an image of Patiala’s Bhupinder Singh by the well-known photographer Carl Vandyk, engravings, lithographs, water-colours in the Company style, miniatures on ivory in the Sikh-style, government gazettes, and so on. This is the second auction that this 15-year-old auction house has conducted this year offering artefacts from Anglo-Sikh history. On April 19, it had offered a 1839 white-gold brooch with a miniature of Ranjit Singh — it was avowedly the last to be painted in his lifetime; documents relating to Duleep Singh’s conversion to Christianity, his financial settlement; the Anglo-Sikh wars, and more. Remarkably, a number of the lots sold for many times the reserve price, with one painting of a Sikh man fetching £2,200, ten times the asking price. Clearly there’s a demand for Anglo-Sikh relics in the West, especially those relating to Duleep Singh, whose tragic life, and fraudulent subjugation by the British find resonance even today. It’s a demand that’s been steadily supplied. Objects associated with Duleep Singh have appeared in several auctions in recent years. In 2009, a richly-embroidered velvet ceremonial robe and pair of shoes belonging to Duleep Singh were offered by Lyon & Turnbull auction house in Edinburgh. The asking price: £60,000 and £15,000, respectively. The year before, Bonhams sold a marble bust of the Lion of Punjab for £110.400 (base price £50,000-£70,000), while in 2007, one of his son by John Gibson, Victoria’s court sculptor, sold for £1.7 million. Where did all these artefacts come from? Diverse sources, and given how long Duleep Singh stayed in Britain, there are many sources for objects associated with him. For instance, Duleep Singh’s robe and shoes were sold by a woman who had bought them in the 1950s at Elveden Estate, the 17,000-acre estate in eastern England, where he lived for some time. The Guiness family, which had bought Elveden in 1894 after his death, held a major auction with Christie’s in 1984, at which it disposed of many of his possessions. The Ranjit Singh bust was sold by the grandson of the man who had bought it before Partition from a prominent Sikh family in Lahore. [url]http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/andprince-lives-on/437775/[/url] [/QUOTE]
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