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The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, vol. 1

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Divinity Atlas. "The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, vol. 1." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-sikh-religion-its-gurus-sacred-writings-and-authors-vol-1.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, vol. 1. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-sikh-religion-its-gurus-sacred-writings-and-authors-vol-1

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@misc{divinityatlas-the-sikh-religion-its-gurus-sacred-writi,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, vol. 1},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://www.divinityatlas.com/sources/the-sikh-religion-its-gurus-sacred-writings-and-authors-vol-1},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Max Arthur Macauliffe's early-twentieth-century translation and history of the Sikh gurus and their sacred writings was long an influential English-language source on Sikhism, produced with direct access to Sikh scholars and texts of his period. This record states its real limit honestly: it is a period translation and history, and later Sikh studies scholarship, including scholarship from within the Khalsa Panth, has since revised some of its specific readings, which is why this atlas holds it at the tier for a reputable period source rather than the top current scholarly tier. Use it for the content of this account of the Sikh gurus, hymns such as Japji Sahib, and holidays; a claim about current denominational consensus may need a more recent source alongside it.

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Assessment

Reliability Tier

Max Arthur Macauliffe's early twentieth-century translation and history of the Sikh gurus and their sacred writings, long influential in English-language Sikh studies; held at the tier for a period translation and history since later Sikh studies scholarship, including from within the Khalsa Panth, has revised some of its readings.

Notes

Max Arthur Macauliffe's early-twentieth-century translation and history of the Sikh gurus and their sacred writings, long an influential English-language source on Sikhism. Use for the content of this account of the Sikh gurus, hymns such as Japji Sahib, and holidays; a period translation and history, and later Sikh studies scholarship, including from within the Khalsa Panth, has revised some of its readings, so a claim about current denominational consensus may need a more recent source alongside it.

Citation

Author

Max Arthur Macauliffe

Publisher

Clarendon Press / Internet Sacred Text Archive

Publication Year

1909

URL

https://sacred-texts.com/skh/tsr1/

Source Type

primary-text

Claims Backed By This Source (99 claims)

This source backs 99 claims across the atlas. As facts: 39 well-attested, 1 open question. As cited relationships: 33 holds, 1 connected. Plus 25 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Figures, 28 claims: 2 well-attested, 14 holds, 12 general references.
Passages, 18 claims: 14 well-attested, 2 holds, 2 general references.
Historical Figures, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 open question, 2 holds, 1 general references.
Prayers, 10 claims: 7 holds, 3 general references.
Holidays & Festivals, 8 claims: 6 holds, 2 general references.
Open Questions, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 connected, 1 general references.
Sources, 8 claims: 8 well-attested.
Sacred Sites, 3 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Articles, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Myths & Sacred Narratives, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
Hymns & Liturgical Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Practices, 1 claims: 1 holds.