History of Aurangzib, Based on Original Sources v3.c35.31

v3.c35.31

Mathura people, how ill-treated, 292—Abdun Nabi, faujdar, his career, 293—Gokla Jat's rebellion, 294—Gokla defeated and executed, 295—Satnami sect : their character, 297—their rising how provoked, 298—superstition about them, 299—Satnamis suppressed, 300—religious reforms of Chaitanya and Nanak, 301—their failure, 302— spiritual decline of latter-day Sikhism, 303—Nanak's teaching, 304—Arjun's organization of Sikh sect, 307—guru-worship begun, 308—Har Govind wages wars with Shah Jahan, 310—Tegh Bahadur becomes guru, 312—is executed by Aurangzib, 313—causes of the transformation of the Sikhs from a sect into an army, 315—their blind devotion to the guru, 315—and sense of brotherhood, 316—Govind's martial exercises and material aspirations, 317—his fighting life in the hills, 318—finally defeated at Chamkaur, 319—joins Bahadur Shah I., 319—goes to the Deccan and dies there, 319—Sikhs plunder in independent bands, 320—their exact influence on the Mughal empire, 321.