MAN SINGH DEORA *
GURU NANAK-A SELECT BIBL[OGRAPHY: 1965-1980 Sikhism occupies a pre-eminent position in the religions of the world. It is marked with its identity, simplic:ity, fraternity, liberal character and militarism. It was founded by a great spiritual teacher, Guru Nanak Dev (A.D. 1469-1539). Various studies on Guru Nanak have been conducted and the source material is available in various forms in different languages. The compiler, while reviewing the available literature on Guru Nanak came across the bibliography, 'Guru Nanak, A bibliography' compiled by Dr. Ganda Singh and published in the periodical The Panjab Past and Present of 1969. Though Dr. Ganda: Singh's compilation is excellent yet it does not include a complete list of articles published in various periodica.ls. Moreover, during the intervening period voluminous literature has been written on Guru Nanak. This has necessitated a need or an 1I pto da.te bibliography on the subject. Imbued by this desire the compiler embarked on this project. The basic ailll of this bibliography is to assist and guide the research scholars in locating wealth of information on the subject 'Guru Nanak Dev'. It indexes bC0ks and articles published in important journals and dailies in English language in India, during the period of 1965 to mid-1980. Information about books and articles is separately given. To enhance the utility, added entries, i.e. Joint Author; Editor; Translator etc. are made. Where authors of articles arc not available, the entries are made under titles. Necessary cross references of author's names are also_given. In addition to this a complete list of periodicals indexed, their periodicity and place of pUblication have been appended to facilitate the readers in obtaining material.
SAMPLE ENTRIES: BOOKS
Banerjee, Anil Chandra. Guru Nallak and His Times. Punjabi Univ., 1971. 245p.
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* I am extremely grateful to Mr. N. Datta, Librarian, Indian CounCil of World Affairs Library, Sapru House, New Delhi; Librarian, Punjabi UniverSity, Patiala; Delhi Gurudwara, Parbandhak Committee Library, Sis Ganj, Delhi; Mr. Madan Lal, Director, Institute of Creative Writing, Delhi, and the Editor of the "Spokesman" for their valuable suggestions and co-operation.