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FOREWORD
PREFACE
1.Introduction
2.Afghan Hindus under Ghaznavi Rulers in 11th and 12th Centuries
Hindus and battle at Kerman
Hindu physicians
Ghor province
3.Infidel Mongols, Rulers of Khurasan in 13th Century and Ibn Batuta’s Early 14th Century Account
Mongols
Ibn Batuta’s accounts—1331–32
4.Timur and Infidels in 14th–16th Century Accounts
Babur on Kabul and Peshawar—Early 1500s
Anthony Jenkinson’s account—1558
5.Hindus in 17th Century Persia and Khurasan
Fedot Kotov’s account—1624
Adam Olearius’ account—1635
Abbe Carre’s account—1672–74
Jean Baptista Tavernier’s account—1768–70
Evliya Çelebi’s account
Jahangir’s account
6.Guru Nanak (1469–1539) and Sikhs in Afghanistan
Sikh Gurus and their followers in Kabul
Early Sikhs of 17th century
Sikhs and Afghans (1748–1849)
7.Hindus in 18th Century Persia and Khurasan
Jonas Hanway’s account
George Forster’s account
John Griffiths’ Memorandum, 1794
8.Afghan Hindus and Sikhs in Early 19th Century
Mountstuart Elphinstone’s account
Account of a Hindu spy
Account of Alexander ‘Bukhara’ Burnes
9.Afghan Hindus and Sikhs in Mid-19th Century
Arthur Conolly’s Account
G.T. Vigne’s account
Charles Masson’s account
10.Afghan Sikhs and Hindus in Late 19th and Early 20th Century
Initiation into Khalsa order
Sikh Dharamsaals in Uzbekistan & Afghanistan—Late 19th century
Ghadar Party and Afghanistan
11.Gurdwaras in Afghanistan
Hindus and Sikhs in the country
Gurdwaras built outside Afghanistan
12.Building the Modern Afghanistan—20th Century
Habibullah Khan (1901–19)
Amir Amanullah Khan (1919–29)
Habibullah Kalakani—1929
Mohammed Nadir Shah (1929–33)
Zahir Shah (1933–73)
Prominent Hindus and Sikhs
Hindus and Sikhs—1970s26
The Afghan economy
13.Sahajdhari Sikhs and Dual Belief Hindus
Dual Beliefs of Afghan Hindus
Surnames and Castes
Future
14.Mandirs in Afghanistan
Temples in Kabul
Jalalabad
Zabul
Ghazni
Kandahar
Update from Kandahar6
Other Mandirs
15.Turbulent Years, Exodus and the Taliban
Life under the Taliban
Democratic government
16.Present Status and the Future
Mission Afghanistan documentary
Status of Gurdwaras and temples
Terror revisits Jalalabad
Vote-bank politics
Silver lining
Divided nation
17.Kafiristan, the Pagan Province of Afghanistan
Conquest of Kafiristan
18.Hindus, Sahajdharis and Sikhs in Baluchistan
Guru Nanak’s visit to Baluchistan
Indigenous Hindus
Present situation
19.Hindus, Sahajdharis and Sikhs in Frontier Province (Pakistan)
20.The ‘Pathan Sikhs’ of Pakistan
Peshawar
Change in dynamics
APPENDIX
List of Gurdwaras in Afghanistan
About the Author
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