1ORIGIN OF THE SIKHS
8MAHARAJA RANJIT SINGH
2NANAK THE REFORMER, FOUNDER OF THE SIKH SECT
9DECLINE OF THE SIKH MONARCHY
3SPREAD OF SIKHISM
10THE FIRST SIKH WAR WITH THE BRITISH, 1845–46
4GURU GOVIND SINGH, FOUNDER OF THE KHALSA, THE SIKH COMMONWEALTH
11THE FIRST SIKH WAR—continued
5STRUGGLES OF THE KHALSA FOR POSSESSION OF THE PUNJAB
12THE SECOND SIKH WAR, 1848–49—ANNEXATION, 1849