A Popular Dictionary of Hinduism
a monotheistic religion which rejects most of the tenets of Hinduism, but teaches rebirth and liberation through the spiritual path and also accepts yoga practice.
It was founded by Guru Nānak, perhaps as an alternative to Hinduism and Islam, and developed under subsequent leaders, also referred to as Gurus, into a well-organized community and military power fighting the Mughals. After the decline of the Mughal rule, the Sikhs founded their own state and at one time dominated a large part of North West India, but lost it to the British power. In recent years a militant section within the Sikh movement has embarked on a struggle, at times armed, for the re-establishment of an independent Sikh state carved out of the territory of the Indian republic, although the largest part of the traditional Sikh domain is now in Pakistan, from which most Sikhs were driven during the partition and found refuge and new life in the Indian republic where they have prospered.
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