Sikhism

Sikhism arose in the Punjab around the end of the fifteenth century from the teaching of Guru Nanak, who was born in 1469. It drew on the Sant and Bhakti traditions and won converts from both Hindus and Muslims.

Nanak named Lahina his successor in 1539, as Guru Angad. Guru Arjan built the first Harimandir Sahib, compiled the Adi Granth and was tortured to death by the Mughal emperor Jahangir in 1606.

The sixth guru, Hargobind, took up arms; Guru Tegh Bahadur was beheaded at Delhi in 1675 on Aurangzeb's order; and Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa in 1699 and named the scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib, as the last guru. Later Sikh power rose in the Punjab, with Lahore as its capital.