dalsingh101 Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 (edited) This is a little known but fascinating article on Macauliffe containing a few details of his life that I don't think are generally known. The author has kindly agreed for me to share it with you. I'd say that most externally sourced academic accounts on Sikhs (or Sikh related matters) come from a strongly Anglocentric bias. This makes up much of the material we typically end up reading. So I found it refreshing to read this 3rd perspective - loyal neither to us or our former 'masters'. Personally I think it nails some of complexities of the dynamics involved in our recent history very well. Well worth a read by any conscious Sikh. From Templeglantine to the Golden temple: religion, empire and Max Arthur Macauliffe http://www.scribd.com/doc/49597872 Enjoy! Addition: I've put it on scribd and rotated the pages the right way up - should be easier to read now! Edited February 27, 2011 by dalsingh101 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Thanks for sharing. I was not aware that his exegesis was the first ever to be done in sikh history. I did'n know he was a Sikh either. I thought it was just propaganda 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 (edited) Seems like he was? I used to think it was the rantings of over zealous Sikhs too....but looks like it might have been true. Apparently he left the copyright to his work to Kahn Singh Nabha and was heard reciting JapJi Sahib shortly before his death according to his Panjabi Musalman servant. There was also a hoo-ha about his burial in London as he was deemed to have 'gone native' and was thus undeserved of a burial in a Christian graveyard. I was not aware that his exegesis was the first ever to be done in sikh history. If you think about it, his was the first work which properly pushed the untampered views of Sikh gyanis in English. But all was not cosy, he was apparently ostracised by the British establishment for turning Sikh and other Sikhs were (at times) reluctant to stand by him lest they lost favour with their new English masters. Edited February 26, 2011 by dalsingh101 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted February 26, 2011 Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 Yeah. It sounds really interesting though. Maybe I should get a hold of his books and read them. If I remember correctly, he mainly translated sakhis from Gurbilas patshahi 6th and 10th as well as the sooraj parkash. THese texts were his basis starting point. His article called "Sikhism under Bandas rule" sounds interesting. If you find it please share.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 I've had his The Sikh Religion for years (more than 10!). I have gone through some of them years ago but now that I know a whole lot more about him, his times, the significance of the people he collaborated with and the nature of the sources he used, it would be like reading it all totally afresh. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted February 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2011 I've edited the original post to include a link to scribd which contains the whole article and is easier to read. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted March 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 I'm surprised that no one's commented on the contents of the linked article. I thought it was quite thought provoking myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Its because the likes of kalyug, tsingh, javanmard, shaheediyan, niranjana, maha singh, valli singh, jsingh etc have all left the site 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted March 1, 2011 Report Share Posted March 1, 2011 Also see http://www.sikh-heritage.co.uk/writers/macauliffe/macauliffe.htm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsingh101 Posted March 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 I guess he was a sehaj dhari Sikh? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amardeep Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Is that Mcleod? cool 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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